The finite integrality conjecture for Schmidt-type coefficients

For positive integers rr and ss, let ck(r,s)c_k^{(r,s)} be the uniquely determined rational numbers, independent of nn, satisfying

k=0n(nk)r(n+kk)r=k=0n(nk)s(n+kk)sck(r,s).\sum_{k=0}^n{n\choose k}^r{n+k\choose k}^r=\sum_{k=0}^n{n\choose k}^s{n+k\choose k}^s c_k^{(r,s)}.

Finite integrality conjecture. For any s>1s>1 and n0n\geqslant 0, there is an integer r>sr>s such that all the numbers ck(r,s)c_k^{(r,s)} for 0kn0\leqslant k\leqslant n are integers. This asks for arbitrarily long initial segments of the coefficient sequence to become integral after choosing a suitable exponent r>sr>s; the paper gives computational values for the least such rr when s=2s=2, but does not resolve the conjecture in general.

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Victor J. W. Guo and Jiang Zeng, “On Zudilin's q-question about Schmidt's problem”, arXiv:1204.0187 (2012).

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