antipalindromic

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adjective

Of a polynomial, being equivalent to the polynomial with reversed and additively inverted coefficients: ∑ᵢ₌₀ⁿa_ixⁱ is antipalindromic iff ∑ᵢ₌₀ⁿa_ixⁱ=∑ᵢ₌₀ⁿ-a_n-ixⁱ⟺a_i=-a_n-i.

“x²-1 is an antipalindromic polynomial.”

Scrabble 22

Meanings

adjectiveantipalindromic (not comparable)
  1. Being equivalent to the object whose constituents or parameters are reversed in order and mapped by some involution, particularly the inversion operator of a quasigroup.
    1. not comparablemathematicsOf a polynomial, being equivalent to the polynomial with reversed and additively inverted coefficients: ∑ᵢ₌₀ⁿa_ixⁱ is antipalindromic iff ∑ᵢ₌₀ⁿa_ixⁱ=∑ᵢ₌₀ⁿ-a_n-ixⁱ⟺a_i=-a_n-i.

      x²-1 is an antipalindromic polynomial.

    2. not comparablemathematicsOf a natural number, with respect to base b, being equivalent to the natural number whose digits are reversed and subtracted from b-1: ∑ᵢ₌₀ⁿa_ibⁱ is antipalindromic iff ∑ᵢ₌₀ⁿa_ibⁱ=∑ᵢ₌₀ⁿ(b-1-a_n-i)bⁱ⟺a_i=b-1-a_n-i.

      1728#95;#123;10#125; is an antipalindromic number with respect to base 10.

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