Conjecture on the imaginary zeros and separation of Stirling permutation polynomials

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Let Tn(x)T_n(x) be the polynomial defined by the exponential generating function

T(x,z)=n=0Tn(x)znn!.T(x,z)=\sum_{n=0}^\infty T_n(x)\frac{z^n}{n!}.

For polynomials with only real coefficients and only imaginary zeros, say that f(x)f(x) separates F(x)F(x) if degF=degf+2\deg F=\deg f+2 and the ordered real and imaginary parts of the zeros of f(x)f(x) separately interlace those of F(x)F(x). Imaginary-zero and separation conjecture. For n2n\geq 2, all zeros of Tn(x)/xT_n(x)/x are imaginary and Tn(x)/xT_n(x)/x separates Tn+1(x)/xT_{n+1}(x)/x. This conjecture predicts a real-root-analogue property for the polynomials Tn(x)T_n(x), extending the known real-zero and separation properties of the related polynomials Rn(x)R_n(x).

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Shi-Mei Ma and Hai-Na Wang, “Enumeration of a dual set of Stirling permutations by their alternating runs”, arXiv:1506.08716 (2015).

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