Ratio log-concavity conjecture for Sun's R-sequence

Let

Rn=k=0n(nk)(n+kk)12k1,n=0,1,2,,R_n=\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{n}{k}\binom{n+k}{k}\frac{1}{2k-1},\qquad n=0,1,2,\ldots,

and let rn=Rn/Rn1r_n=R_n/R_{n-1} for n1n\geq 1. A sequence is log-concave when its terms satisfy an2an1an+1a_n^2\geq a_{n-1}a_{n+1} wherever defined.

Ratio log-concavity conjecture. The sequence {rn}n4\{r_n\}_{n\geq 4} is log-concave, equivalently, RnR_n is ratio log-concave for n4n\geq 4.

This conjecture is used to establish the decreasing behavior of the root-ratio sequence in the preceding conjecture, and the surrounding proof indicates that it is resolved in the paper.

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Primary source

Brian Y. Sun, “On Ratio Monotonicity of a New Kind of Numbers Conjectured by Z.-W. Sun”, arXiv:1512.01008 (2015).

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