Total positivity of Fuss–Narayana triangles and strict positivity of their squares

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For an integer m≥1m\geq 1 and n≥k≥0n\geq k\geq 0, define

FNA⟨m⟩(n,k)=1n+1(n+1k)(m(n+1)n−k),FNB⟨m⟩(n,k)=(nk)(mnn−k).FNA_{\langle m\rangle}(n,k)=\frac{1}{n+1}\binom{n+1}{k}\binom{m(n+1)}{n-k},\qquad FNB_{\langle m\rangle}(n,k)=\binom{n}{k}\binom{mn}{n-k}.

Let FNA,⟨m⟩FN_{A,\langle m\rangle} and FN←A,⟨m⟩\overleftarrow{FN}_{A,\langle m\rangle} be the corresponding type-AA Fuss–Narayana triangles, and let FNB,⟨m⟩FN_{B,\langle m\rangle} and FN←B,⟨m⟩\overleftarrow{FN}_{B,\langle m\rangle} be the corresponding type-BB triangles; define the associated Fuss–Narayana squares by

FNA,⟨m⟩⌜=[FNA⟨m⟩(n+k,k)]n,k≥0,FNB,⟨m⟩⌜=[FNB⟨m⟩(n+k,k)]n,k≥0.FN_{A,\langle m\rangle}^{\ulcorner}=\left[FNA_{\langle m\rangle}(n+k,k)\right]_{n,k\geq 0},\qquad FN_{B,\langle m\rangle}^{\ulcorner}=\left[FNB_{\langle m\rangle}(n+k,k)\right]_{n,k\geq 0}.

Fuss–Narayana conjecture. For any m≥1m\geq 1, the Fuss–Narayana triangles are totally positive and the Fuss–Narayana squares are strictly totally positive. The source introduces this as a proposed conjecture, and no resolution is supplied.

References

Primary source

Yi Wang and Arthur L. B. Yang, “Total positivity of Narayana matrices”, arXiv:1702.07822 (2017).

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