The multivariable autoregressive filter problem asks for a polynomial p(z) = p(z 1 , . . . , z d ) without roots in the closed d-disk based on prescribed Fourier coefficients of its spectral density function 1/|p(z)| 2 . The conditions derived in this paper for the construction of a degree one symmetric polynomial reveal a major divide between the case of at most two variables vs. the the case of three or more variables. The latter involves multivariable elliptic functions, while the former (due to [J. S. Geronimo and H. J. Woerdeman, Ann. of Math. (2), 160(3): 2004]) only involve polynomials. The three variable case is treated with more detail, and entails hypergeometric functions. Along the way, we identify a seemingly new relation between