Polynomial moments #
The integrals ∫ t in 0..1, t ^ 3 * Q ^ k appearing in Sendov.R are, for natural k,
integrals of polynomials, hence exactly computable. This file computes them once and for
all.
Expanding Q = 1 + bt + dt² by the binomial theorem twice gives
(1 + bt + dt²) ^ k = ∑ i < k+1, ∑ l < i+1, C(k,i) C(i,l) bˡ d^(i-l) t^(2i-l)
(Sendov.quad_pow), and integrating t ^ 3 times this term by term gives
∫ t in 0..1, t ^ 3 * Q ^ k = ∑ i < k+1, ∑ l < i+1, C(k,i) C(i,l) bˡ d^(i-l) / (2i-l+4)
(Sendov.integral_moment), with b = -2c and d = A. This is formula (M) of the
informal plan. Every degree of the finite range reduces to this finite sum: even degrees
use it directly with k = (n-4)/2, and odd degrees use it for k and k+1 after
Sendov.integral_rpow_le has removed the square root.
Note that no hypothesis on c, A or α is needed here — the identity is a polynomial
one. Feasibility is required only for the odd-degree reduction, never for the moments.
Every monomial is interval integrable on [0,1].
The k-th moment ∫ t in 0..1, t ^ 3 * Q ^ k, as an explicit finite double sum. This
is (M) of the informal plan.