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How to implement Condition programmatically?

I am writing my own symbolic functions with custom symbolic properties. So often I wish to introduce some automatic simplifications or evaluations, which return the same head as it's argument. This ...
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How to deduce a generator formula for a polynomial sequence?

Consider a polynomial sequence $\{p_n\}$ generated by some (simple) rule: $$ \begin{array}{l} p_1(x)=x \\ p_2(x)=2 x-x^2 \\ p_3(x)= x^3-3 x^2+3 x \\ p_4(x)=-x^4+4 x^3-6 x^2+4 x \\ p_5(x)= x^5-5 ...