Alternating log-concavity and log-convexity of iterated ratio sequences

Let R\mathcal{R} act on a sequence {Sn}n0\{S_n\}_{n\geq 0} by

R({Sn}n0)={Sn+1/Sn}n0.\mathcal{R}(\{S_n\}_{n\geq 0})=\{S_{n+1}/S_n\}_{n\geq 0}.

Alternating ratio-sequence conjecture. For all integer k1k\geq 1, the sequence Rk({Pn}n0)\mathcal{R}^k(\{P_n\}_{n\geq 0}), except for the first kk terms at the beginning, is log-concave if kk is odd and log-convex if kk is even. The source introduces this as a conjecture about iterated ratio transforms and does not provide a proof or resolution.

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Brian Y. Sun and James J. Y. Zhao, “Log-behavior of two sequences related to the elliptic integrals”, arXiv:1602.04359 (2017).

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