The positivity conjecture for Jacobi polynomial integrals

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Let α,β(0,)N\alpha,\beta\in(0,\infty)\setminus\mathbb{N}, and let Fn(α,β),δ(t)F_n^{(\alpha,\beta),\delta}(t) denote the Jacobi-polynomial integral defined earlier in the paper. For t(0,π]t\in(0,\pi] and nN0n\in\mathbb{N}_0, positivity conjecture.

Fn(α,β),δ(t)>0F_n^{(\alpha,\beta),\delta}(t)>0

if δα+1\delta\geq\alpha+1.

This is presented as a more general conjecture than the preceding Gegenbauer case. The paper proves related positivity results under additional parameter conditions and a weaker ceiling threshold, but the assertion for all nonintegral positive α\alpha and β\beta at the threshold δα+1\delta\geq\alpha+1 remains open.

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Primary source

Yuan Xu, “Positive definite functions on the unit sphere and integrals of Jacobi polynomials”, arXiv:1701.00787 (2017).

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