Multivariate positivity conjecture for alternating q-binomial sums

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Let n1,…,nmn_1,\ldots,n_m be positive integers, set nm+1=n1n_{m+1}=n_1, and let 0⩽j⩽2m−10\leqslant j\leqslant 2m-1. The expression

[n1+nm+1n1]−1∏i=1m−11[ni+ni+1+1]∑k=−n1n1(−1)kqjk2+(k2)∏i=1m[ni+ni+1+1ni+k][ni+ni+1+1ni+k+1]{n_1+n_m+1\brack n_1}^{-1}\prod_{i=1}^{m-1}\frac{1}{[n_i+n_{i+1}+1]} \sum_{k=-n_1}^{n_1}(-1)^k q^{jk^2+{k\choose 2}} \prod_{i=1}^m {n_i+n_{i+1}+1\brack n_i+k}{n_i+n_{i+1}+1\brack n_i+k+1}

Multivariate positivity conjecture. is a polynomial in qq with nonnegative integer coefficients. This is stated as a generalization of the q-Narayana positivity conjecture; no resolution is given in the supplied text.

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Victor J. W. Guo and Qiang-Qiang Jiang, “Factors of alternating sums of powers of q-Narayana numbers”, arXiv:1703.00003 (2017).

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