Thanatipanonda's generalized binomial-power expansion conjecture

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Fix integers dd, k0k\geq 0, and r1r\geq 1. The coefficients ad,k,j(r)a^{(r)}_{d,k,j} are intended to expand powers of (n+dkk)\binom{n+dk}{k} in the family (n+djj)\binom{n+dj}{j}. Generalized expansion conjecture. For all such d,k,rd,k,r, there exist integers ad,k,j(r)a^{(r)}_{d,k,j} such that

(n+dkk)r=jad,k,j(r)(n+djj)for all n=0,1,2,.\binom{n+dk}{k}^r=\sum_j a^{(r)}_{d,k,j}\binom{n+dj}{j}\qquad\text{for all }n=0,1,2,\ldots.

They can be initialized by ad,k,k(1)=1a^{(1)}_{d,k,k}=1 and ad,k,j(1)=0a^{(1)}_{d,k,j}=0 for jkj\ne k, and recursively defined by

ad,k,j(r+1)=iSd(k,j,i)ad,k,i(r),a^{(r+1)}_{d,k,j}=\sum_i S_d(k,j,i)a^{(r)}_{d,k,i},

where the Sd(k,j,i)S_d(k,j,i) are integers independent of rr, for all d,k,j,id,k,j,i. The statement extends cases proved for d=0,1d=0,1 to all non-negative integers dd; the source gives no later resolution.

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Thotsaporn Aek Thanatipanonda, “Beyond Zudilin's Conjectured q-analog of Schmidt's problem”, arXiv:1403.4962 (2014).

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