Boros–Moll infinite log-concavity conjecture for the Boros–Moll sequences

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Let Pn(x)=∑i=0ndi(n)xiP_n(x)=\sum_{i=0}^n d_i(n)x^i be the Boros–Moll polynomial, so that {di(n)}i=0n\{d_i(n)\}_{i=0}^n is its coefficient sequence. A finite nonnegative sequence is infinitely log-concave if every iterate of the operator L({ai})={ai2−ai+1ai−1}\mathcal{L}(\{a_i\})=\{a_i^2-a_{i+1}a_{i-1}\}, with a−1=an+1=0a_{-1}=a_{n+1}=0, is nonnegative. Boros–Moll's conjecture. For every nonnegative integer nn, the sequence {di(n)}i=0n\{d_i(n)\}_{i=0}^n is infinitely log-concave. This conjecture was proved by Brändén; the ordinary log-concavity had earlier been proved by Kauers and Paule.

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William Y. C. Chen, Donna Q. J. Dou and Arthur L. B. Yang, “Branden's Conjectures on the Boros-Moll Polynomials”, arXiv:1205.0305 (2012).

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