Nonnegative-coefficient property of the parabolic F-triangle

Let n>0n>0 and let α=(α1,α2,,αr)\alpha=(\alpha_1,\alpha_2,\ldots,\alpha_r) be a composition of nn into rr parts. Let Fα(x,y)F_{\alpha}(x,y) be the rational function defined from the H-triangle by

Fα(x,y)=xrHα(x+1x,y+1x+1).F_{\alpha}(x,y)=x^rH_{\alpha}\left(\frac{x+1}{x},\frac{y+1}{x+1}\right).

F-triangle conjecture. The rational function Fα(x,y)F_{\alpha}(x,y) is a polynomial with nonnegative integer coefficients if and only if α\alpha has at most one part exceeding 11.

The source presents this as a computational pattern and relates it to the preceding conjecture characterizing when the corresponding H-triangle identity holds. No proof or resolution is supplied.

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Henri Mühle, “Noncrossing Arc Diagrams, Tamari Lattices, and Parabolic Quotients of the Symmetric Group”, arXiv:1809.01405 (2021).

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