A q-super Catalan Laurent-polynomial conjecture

Let mm, nn, ss and tt be positive integers. Let rr be a non-negative integer with r+s+t1(mod2)r+s+t\equiv 1\pmod{2}, and let jj be an integer. Let Bm,k(q)B_{m,k}(q) and Bn,k(q)B_{n,k}(q) denote the qq-binomial expressions defined earlier in the paper. The q-super Catalan conjecture. The expression

[m+n]![m]![n]![2m]![2n]!k=1m(1+qk)[k]rqjk2(r+s+t+1)k/2Bm,ks(q)Bn,kt(q)\frac{[m+n]![m]![n]!}{[2m]![2n]!} \sum_{k=1}^{m}(1+q^k)[k]^{r}q^{jk^2-(r+s+t+1)k/2} B_{m,k}^s(q) B_{n,k}^t(q)

is a Laurent polynomial in qq, and it has non-negative integer coefficients when 0js+t0\leqslant j\leqslant s+t. This refines the preceding result on qq-super Catalan numbers and is a qq-analogue of a conjecture of Guo and Zeng; its status is presented in the paper as an open problem.

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Victor J. W. Guo and Su-Dan Wang, “Factors of sums involving q-binomial coefficients and powers of q-integers”, arXiv:1701.07016 (2017).

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