find the first power of $t$ with a non-positive coefficient

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asked 2021-07-14 07:43:44 +0200

Sri1729
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updated 2021-07-15 18:05:01 +0200

FrédéricC

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Consider the following rational expression in $t$,

$$f(t)=\frac{(1-t^q)^{m-k}((1-t^2)^m}{(1-t)^{m-k+1}((1-t^{2q})^m}$$ where $q=4,m=33, k=31$.

I want to find the first power of $t$ with a non-positive coefficient. How can I proceed? The hint given in the book is that

$$f(t)=1 + 26t + 295t^2 + 1820t^3 + 5610t^4 − 1560t^5+\dots$$

How did the author of the book arrived at this approximation? Kindly give some hints. Is it possible to do it in SageMath.

Thanks for reading

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answered 2021-07-14 19:51:13 +0200

tmonteil
27333 ●31 ●203 ●514 http://wiki.sagemath.o...

updated 2021-07-14 19:52:44 +0200

You can use power series as follows:

sage: q=4 ; m=33 ; k=31
sage: R.<t> = PowerSeriesRing(QQ)
sage: f = ((1-t^q)^(m-k) * (1-t^2)^m) / ((1-t)^(m-k+1) * (1-t^(2*q))^m)
sage: f
1 + 3*t - 27*t^2 - 89*t^3 + 343*t^4 + 1269*t^5 - 2701*t^6 - 11567*t^7 + 14569*t^8 + 75707*t^9 - 55699*t^10 - 379649*t^11 + 147471*t^12 + 1525661*t^13 - 225781*t^14 - 5106855*t^15 - 91515*t^16 + 14820239*t^17 + 1876473*t^18 - 38922813*t^19 + O(t^20)

There might be typo in your expression (some parentheses are open but not closed).

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