Iterated integrals of polynomials

The paper concerns the decompositions of polynomials onto iterated integrals. This is a continuation of our previous paper (Lorenc, submitted for publication), in which the existence of such decomposition for the Faulhaber polynomials is proven. In the current paper we prove the basic theorem (Theorem 2) presenting the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of such decomposition. We discuss these conditions in the wider context of theory of the real and complex polynomials. A number of exemplary decompositions onto iterated integrals of the known classical kinds of polynomials are also presented. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.