The nonintegrality 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)}.

Nonintegrality conjecture. For any r>s>1r>s>1, there is a positive integer nn such that cn(r,s)c_n^{(r,s)} is not an integer. Together with the finite integrality conjecture, this proposes a contrast between finite initial integrality for suitable rr and eventual failure of integrality for every fixed pair r>s>1r>s>1. The source presents both assertions as open arithmetic problems.

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Primary source

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

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