Johann Cigler1, Hans-Christian Herbig2
1Department of Mathematics, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna, Austria
2Departamento de Matematica Aplicada, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos 149, Centro de Tecnologia – Bloco C, CEP: 21941-909, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract:

We present a proof of a conjecture of Goh and Wildberger on the factorization of the spread polynomials. We indicate how the factors can be effectively calculated and exhibit a connection to the factorization of Fibonacci numbers into primitive parts.