Complex BCn\mathrm{BC}_n constant term conjecture

Let nζ(mod4)n\equiv\zeta\pmod 4 with ζ{0,1}\zeta\in\{0,1\}, let uCu\in\mathbb C satisfy

min{Re(1+2b+(n1)u),Re(1+nu/2)}>0,\min\{\operatorname{Re}(1+2b+(n-1)u),\operatorname{Re}(1+nu/2)\}>0,

and let τij\tau_{ij} and σij\sigma_{ij} be signatures satisfying the paper's condition. Write x=cos(πu/2)x=\cos(\pi u/2). Complex BCn\mathrm{BC}_n constant term conjecture. There exists a polynomial Pn(x)P_n(x), independent of aa and bb, with Pn(1)=1P_n(1)=1, such that

CT[i=1n(1xi±)a(1xi±2)b1i<jn(1(xixj)σij)u(1(xixj)τij)u]=xnζPn(x2)Γ(1+nu/2)Γ(1+(n1)u/2)Γn(1+u/2)i=1n1Γ(1+iu)Γ(1+(i1/2)u)×i=0n1(1/2+iu/2)a+b(1/2+iu/2)b(1+(n+i1)u/2)a+2b.\begin{aligned} \operatorname{CT}&\bigg[\prod_{i=1}^n (1-x_i^{\pm})^a(1-x_i^{\pm2})^b\prod_{1\leq i<j\leq n}\Big(1-(x_ix_j)^{\sigma_{ij}}\Big)^u\Big(1-\Big(\frac{x_i}{x_j}\Big)^{\tau_{ij}}\Big)^u\bigg]\\ &=x^{n-\zeta}P_n(x^2)\frac{\Gamma(1+nu/2)}{\Gamma(1+(n-1)u/2)\Gamma^n(1+u/2)}\prod_{i=1}^{n-1}\frac{\Gamma(1+iu)}{\Gamma(1+(i-1/2)u)}\\ &\qquad\times\prod_{i=0}^{n-1}\frac{(1/2+iu/2)_{a+b}(1/2+iu/2)_b}{(1+(n+i-1)u/2)_{a+2b}}. \end{aligned}

The source reports the numerical evidence for n=4,5n=4,5 and gives the conjectural values P1(x)=1P_1(x)=1, P4(x)=1P_4(x)=1, and P5(x)=(3+4x+8x2)/15P_5(x)=(3+4x+8x^2)/15, but does not provide a resolution status.

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Primary source

Tom Chappell, Alain Lascoux, S. Ole Warnaar and Wadim Zudilin, “Logarithmic and complex constant term identities”, arXiv:1112.3130 (2012).

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