We derive a general formula for computing the Newton sum rules of every pol
ynomial belonging to a given polynomial set. We use the following tools: a
recursive computation of the coefficients of the given polynomial in terms
of the coefficients of the three-term recurrence relation, the generalized
Lucas polynomials of the first kind, and last, the Newton-Girard formulas.
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