Non-Beiter ternary cyclotomic polynomials with an optimally large set of coefficients

Let l>=1 be an arbitrary odd integer and p,q and r primes. We show that there exist infinitely many ternary cyclotomic polynomials Φ_{pqr}(x) with l^2+3l+5<= p<q<r such that the set of coefficients of each of them consists of the p integers in the interval [-(p-l-2)/2,(p+l+2)/2]. It is known that no larger coefficient range is possible. The Beiter conjecture states that the cyclotomic coefficients a_{pqr}(k) of Φ_{pqr} satisfy |a_{pqr}(k)|<= (p+1)/2 and thus the above family contradicts the Beiter conjecture. The two already known families of ternary cyclotomic polynomials with an optimally large set of coefficients (found by G. Bachman) satisfy the Beiter conjecture.

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