Strict log-concavity conjecture for the rank and crank of ordinary partitions

Let N(m,n)N(m,n) and M(m,n)M(m,n) denote, respectively, the rank and crank counting functions for ordinary partitions of nn with statistic mm. Strict log-concavity conjecture. The following inequalities hold:

N(m,n)2>N(m1,n)N(m+1,n)for n123 and mn72,N(m,n)^2 > N(m-1,n)N(m+1,n) \qquad\text{for } n\ge123 \text{ and } |m|\le n-72, M(m,n)2>M(m1,n)M(m+1,n)for n125 and mn71.M(m,n)^2 > M(m-1,n)M(m+1,n) \qquad\text{for } n\ge125 \text{ and } |m|\le n-71.

These are recorded as analogous conjectural strict log-concavity statements for the rank and crank of ordinary partitions; the supplied text gives no proof or resolution.

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Kathrin Bringmann, Chris Jennings-Shaffer and Karl Mahlburg, “The Asymptotic Distribution of the Rank for Unimodal Sequences”, arXiv:1910.10790 (2019).

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