[seqfan] Re: Boubaker polynomials?

[Haidar Rahmanov]

The Boubaker polynomials can be seen in the links:

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=21810867

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=21092615

http://www.springerlink.com/content/2l03064124057686/

http://www.worldscinet.com/mplb/23/2317/S0217984909020321.html

there is no  buzz about them.

they are also said to solve some equations. What is the problem with them?

Thanks

2009/12/4, Antti Karttunen <antti.karttunen at gmail.com>:
> On 12/4/09, seqfan-request at list.seqfan.eu <seqfan-request at list.seqfan.eu>
> wrote:
>
>> Message: 8
>> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:00:02 -0500
>> From: "N. J. A. Sloane" <njas at research.att.com>
>> Subject: [seqfan] Re: Forward of a collaboration request
>>
>> Dear Seqfans,  The three links that Richard sent are pretty scary.
>> I hope the OEIS Wiki doesn't end up having discussions
>> like that.  I learned some new words too (e.g. "sock-puppet").
>> Neil
>
> I think a very well drafted editing policy for OEIS Wiki would be the
> first step for preventing all that. Note that in contrast to
> Wikipedia, OEIS _has_ allowed "original research", provided the
> sequences have some intrinsic idea, not
> just self-promotion.
>
> (However, I remember that there's a restriction of not allowing to use
> submitter's name as a part of sequence's name.)
>
> And Max wrote:
>
>> Message: 9
>> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:21:37 -0500
>> From: Max Alekseyev <maxale at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [seqfan] Re: Forward of a collaboration request (Rakhmanov,
>> 	Boubaker 	poly)
>> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
>
>> I've also got similar request and in response briefly mentioned that
>> Boubaker polynomials B_n(X) are expressed in terms of Lucas
>> polynomials:
>>
>> B_n(X) = U_n(X,1) + 3 * U_{n-2}(X,1)    for n>=2.
>>
>> They do not look any special to me (we can easily construct zillions
>> of similar polynomial sequences) - so I don't understand buzz about
>> them.
>
> Yes, I don't understand why in Wikipedia they couldn't just briefly
> mention it in
> the end of entry for Lucas polynomials/Fibonacci polynomials,
> that,
> "sometimes B_n(X) = U_n(X,1) + 3 * U_{n-2}(X,1)    for n>=2.
> are called Boubaker polynomials"
> (if there really exists a published paper using that name!)
> and then rest the case without continuing delete/recreate-wars.
>
> Or make a whole tables of "Polynomials derived from
> Lucas/Chebyshev/whatever polynomials", with myriad of entries with
> various surnames.
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Max
>>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Antti
>
>
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