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Time for T with U (Posted on 2014-01-19) Difficulty: 3 of 5

Start with the Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind, omitting even values:

T1(x)=x
T3(x)=4x3-3x
T5(x)=16x5-20x3+5x
T7(x)=64x7 -112x5 +56x3 -7x
....etc.

Change all minus signs to plusses, and replace each exponent, m, by (m-1)/2:

T1(x)=1
T3(x)=4x+3
T5(x)=16x2 +20x+5
T7(x)=64x3 +112x2 +56x+7
....etc., to produce (omitting (x) for clarity of exposition) the new polynomials, P1, P2, P3, P4...Pn.

Similarly, take the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind, this time omitting odd values :

U0(x) = 1
U2(x) = (4x2 -1)
U4(x) = (16x4 -12x2 +1)
U6(x) = (64x6 -80x4 +24x2 -1)
....etc.

Change all minus signs to plusses, and replace each exponent, m, by (m/2):

U0(x) = 1
U2(x) = (4x+1)
U4(x) = (16x2 +12x+1)
U6(x) = (64x3 +80x2 +24x+1)
....etc., to produce (omitting (x) for clarity of exposition) the new polynomials, Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4...Qn.

Amazingly, (Pn)2 *x+1 = (Qn)2 *(x+1)

Prove it!

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