Polynomiality conjecture for even Catalan convolution Hankel determinants

Let C(x)=n0CnxnC(x)=\sum_{n\geq 0}C_nx^n be the Catalan generating function, let F(x,r)=C(x)rF(x,r)=C(x)^r, and write Hn(F(x,r))H_n(F(x,r)) for the n×nn\times n Hankel determinant of the coefficients of F(x,r)F(x,r). For a positive integer tt, set r=2tr=2t. Even polynomiality conjecture. For 1jt1\leq j\leq t, both

(1)n(t2)Htn+j(F(x,r))(-1)^{n\binom{t}{2}}H_{tn+j}(F(x,r))

and

(1)n(t2)Htn+tj+1(F(x,r))(-1)^{n\binom{t}{2}}H_{tn+t-j+1}(F(x,r))

are polynomials in nn of degree (2j1)(tj)(2j-1)(t-j). This conjecture predicts the polynomial structure underlying the observed periodic Hankel determinant patterns; computations for convolution powers up to r=31r=31 support it, but the paper does not prove it.

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Ying Wang and Guoce Xin, “Hankel determinants for convolution powers of Catalan numbers”, arXiv:1811.00248 (2018).

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