Definition:Lehmer's Polynomial

Definition

Lehmer's polynomial is the expression:

$x^{10} + x^9 - x^7 - x^6 - x^5 - x^4 - x^3 + x + 1$

Also see

• Definition:Salem Constant

• Definition:Salem Number

• Results about Lehmer's polynomial can be found here.

Source of Name

This entry was named for Derrick Henry Lehmer.

Sources

• 1933: D.H. Lehmer: Factorisation of certain cyclotomic functions (Ann. Math. Ser. 2 Vol. 34: pp. 461 – 479)  www.jstor.org/stable/1968172