Polynomiality conjecture for Hankel determinants of generalized Catalan powers

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Let G(x,r)G(x,r) be the generalized generating function used in the paper, and write Hn(G(x,r))H_n(G(x,r)) for the Hankel determinant of its coefficients. For a positive integer tt, consider first r=2t+1r=2t+1. Generalized Catalan polynomiality conjecture. If r=2t+1r=2t+1 is odd and 1≤j≤⌊r+34⌋1\leq j\leq\left\lfloor\frac{r+3}{4}\right\rfloor, then

Hrn+j(G(x,r)),Hrn+t+j(G(x,r)),Hrn+t+2−j(G(x,r)),Hrn+r+1−j(G(x,r))H_{rn+j}(G(x,r)),\quad H_{rn+t+j}(G(x,r)),\quad H_{rn+t+2-j}(G(x,r)),\quad H_{rn+r+1-j}(G(x,r))

are all polynomials in nn of degree (2j−1)(t+1−j)(2j-1)(t+1-j). If r=2tr=2t is even and 1≤j≤t1\leq j\leq t, then

(−1)tnHrn+j(G(x,r))(-1)^{tn}H_{rn+j}(G(x,r))

and

(−1)tnHrn+r+1−j(G(x,r))(-1)^{tn}H_{rn+r+1-j}(G(x,r))

are both polynomials in nn of degree (j−1)(r+1−2j)(j-1)(r+1-2j). The conjecture extends the paper's polynomiality predictions to the generalized family GG; the supplied context gives no resolution, so its status remains open.

References

Primary source

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

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