Sign-exception density conjecture for tm(n)t_m(n)

Let tm(n)t_m(n) be the coefficient sequence in the paper. For a positive integer m2m\geq2 and j{0,1}j\in\{0,1\}, define

Am,j={nN:sgntm(3n+j)(1)j}.\mathcal{A}_{m,j}=\{n\in\mathbb{N}: \operatorname{sgn} t_m(3n+j)\neq(-1)^j\}.

Sign-exception density conjecture. The sets Am,j\mathcal{A}_{m,j} are infinite and have asymptotic density zero:

limn+#(Am,j{0,1,,n1})n=0.\lim_{n\to +\infty}\frac{\#(\mathcal{A}_{m,j}\cap\{0,1,\ldots,n-1\})}{n}=0.

The conjecture refines the observed predominant signs tm(3n)>0t_m(3n)>0 and tm(3n+1)<0t_m(3n+1)<0 by asserting infinitely many exceptions but density zero. The paper provides numerical motivation but no proof.

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Maciej Gawron, Piotr Miska and Maciej Ulas, “Arithmetic properties of coefficients of power series expansion of _n=0^(1-x^2^n)^t (with an Appendix by Andrzej Schinzel)”, arXiv:1703.01955 (2017).

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