A lower bound for the ratio of the polynomials R_d and P_d

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Let Rd(x)R_d(x) and Pd(x)P_d(x) be the polynomials whose ratio is under consideration. Lower-bound conjecture. If d≥5d\ge5 and x≥12(d+d+2)x\ge\frac12(d+\sqrt{d+2}), then

−Rd(x)Pd(x)≥.995(d−2)2x+d−2.-\frac{R_d(x)}{P_d(x)}\ge\frac{.995(d-2)}{2x+d-2}.

This conjecture is presented as information needed to make the paper's expression for the focal function g(s1,s2)g(s_1,s_2) useful; the source provides no resolution evidence.

References

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Donald M. Davis, “Maximizing a combinatorial expression arising from crowd estimation”, arXiv:0910.5725 (2009).

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