Su and Wang's log-concavity-to-log-convexity conjecture for binomial coefficient sequences

Let nn, kk, aa, and bb be integers such that nk0n\geq k\geq 0 and a>b>0a>b>0. The sequence

(n+jak+jb),j=0,1,,\binom{n+ja}{k+jb},\qquad j=0,1,\ldots,

is defined by these binomial coefficients. Su and Wang's log-concavity-to-log-convexity conjecture. There exists an integer m0m\geq 0 such that this sequence is log-concave for 0jm0\leq j\leq m and log-convex for jmj\geq m.

This conjecture describes a single transition between log-concavity and log-convexity along a ray of Pascal's triangle. The abstract states that the paper proves the claim using a variation-diminishing property of the Laplace transform.

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Primary source

Yaming Yu, “Confirming Two Conjectures of Su and Wang”, arXiv:0901.0385 (2009).

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