Hurwitz-stability conjecture for higher Toeplitz determinant polynomials

Let PFrPF_r be the class of sequences whose infinite Toeplitz matrix has all minors of order at most rr non-negative. For r2r\geq2, define

Pnr(x):=k1++kr=n(nk1,,kr)fk1fkrdet((xi+j)ki)1i,jr.P_n^r(x):=\sum_{k_1+\cdots+k_r=n}\binom{n}{k_1,\ldots,k_r}f_{k_1}\cdots f_{k_r}\det\bigl((x-i+j)_{k_i}\bigr)_{1\leq i,j\leq r}.

Here (x)k(x)_k is the rising factorial, and Hurwitz stability means that all zeros have negative real part. The higher-order Hurwitz-stability conjecture. If {fk}k=0nPFr\{f_k\}_{k=0}^{n}\in PF_r, then Pnr(x)P_n^r(x) is Hurwitz stable.

This is the stability counterpart to the preceding degree and coefficient-positivity conjecture. Its status is not resolved in the supplied source context.

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Dmitry Karp, “Positivity of Toeplitz determinants formed by rising factorial series and properties of related polynomials”, arXiv:1203.1482 (2012).

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