Alternating log-convexity and log-concavity of iterated Fennessey-Larcombe-French ratios

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}.

Let {Vn}n1\{V_n\}_{n\geq 1} be the Fennessey-Larcombe-French sequence. Alternating VnV_n ratio conjecture. For all integer k1k\geq 1, the sequence Rk({Vn}n1)\mathcal{R}^k(\{V_n\}_{n\geq 1}) is log-convex if kk is odd and log-concave if kk is even. This is a further conjecture on the alternating behavior of iterated ratio sequences associated with the Fennessey-Larcombe-French sequence; no resolution is given in the supplied text.

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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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