Dilcher's conjecture on the higher rows of the coefficient array

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Let bn(p)b_n^{(p)} denote the coefficients appearing in the recurrence referenced in the source, with n,pn,p positive integers. The first two rows are b1(p)=p/12b_1^{(p)}=p/12 and b2(p)=(5p+3)/10b_2^{(p)}=(5p+3)/10. Dilcher's conjecture. The third, fourth, and fifth rows are given by

b3(p)=175p2+315p+158140(2p+3),b_{3}^{(p)}=\frac{175p^{2}+315p+158}{140(2p+3)}, b4(p)=6125p4+25725p3+41965p2+29547p+723021(5p+3)(175p2+315p+158),b_{4}^{(p)}=\frac{6125p^{4}+25725p^{3}+41965p^{2}+29547p+7230}{21(5p+3)(175p^{2}+315p+158)},

and

b5(p)=25(5p+3)(471625p6+3678675p5+12324235p4+22096305p3+22009540p2+11549748p+2519472)132(175p2+315p+158)(6125p4+25725p3+41965p2+29547p+7230).b_{5}^{(p)}=\frac{25(5p+3)(471625p^{6}+3678675p^{5}+12324235p^{4}+22096305p^{3}+22009540p^{2}+11549748p+2519472)}{132(175p^{2}+315p+158)(6125p^{4}+25725p^{3}+41965p^{2}+29547p+7230)}.

These formulas continue the observed pattern in the tabulated values of the higher-order Euler-polynomial coefficients; the source attributes the conjecture to Karl Dilcher, but the supplied text gives no resolution or broader general formula.

References

Primary source

Lin Jiu and Diane Yahui Shi, “Orthogonal Polynomials and Lattice Path Interpretation for Higher-order Euler Polynomials”, arXiv:1711.07100 (2018).

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