Monotonicity conjecture for the sequences tnt_n and TnT_n

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Let (tn)n=1∞(t_n)_{n=1}^{\infty} and (Tn)n=1∞(T_n)_{n=1}^{\infty} be the sequences whose values are listed in the table preceding the conjecture. Monotonicity conjecture. For every n∈Z+n\in\mathbb{Z}^+,

tn+1≤tnandTn≤Tn+1.t_{n+1}\leq t_n\quad\text{and}\quad T_n\leq T_{n+1}.

The conjecture asserts that (tn)(t_n) is nonincreasing while (Tn)(T_n) is nondecreasing; the supplied source gives numerical evidence but no resolution.

References

Primary source

Mika Mattila and Pentti Haukkanen, “On the eigenvalues of certain number-theoretic matrices”, arXiv:1309.0320 (2013).

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