The generalized restricted-partition recurrence for unimodal polynomials

Let Gs(n,k)G_s(n,k) be the recurrence obtained by summing over partitions of kk having size at most ss, with qq an indeterminate and n,k,sn,k,s in the domain where this recurrence is defined. Generalized recurrence conjecture.

qn(qk+s1)Gs(n+1,k)qk+1(qnqs2)Gs(n,k+1)+(qnqk+s1)Gs(n+1,k+1)=0.q^n(q^{k+s}-1)G_s(n+1,k)-q^{k+1}(q^n-q^{s-2})G_s(n,k+1)+(q^n-q^{k+s-1})G_s(n+1,k+1)=0.

The author reports having found this relation experimentally for s=1,2,3,4s=1,2,3,4 and conjectures it for general ss; no proof or resolution is given in the supplied text.

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Bryan Ek, “Unimodal Polynomials and Lattice Walk Enumeration with Experimental Mathematics”, arXiv:1804.05933 (2018).

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