Second Borwein conjecture on coefficient positivity

For each positive integer nn, define polynomials αn(q)\alpha_n(q), βn(q)\beta_n(q) and γn(q)\gamma_n(q) by

j=1n(1q3j2)2(1q3j1)2=αn(q3)qβn(q3)q2γn(q3).\prod_{j=1}^n(1-q^{3j-2})^2(1-q^{3j-1})^2=\alpha_n(q^3)-q\beta_n(q^3)-q^2\gamma_n(q^3).

Second Borwein conjecture. Each of αn(q)\alpha_n(q), βn(q)\beta_n(q) and γn(q)\gamma_n(q) has non-negative coefficients.

This is the second of the three Borwein conjectures discussed in the source, which studies asymptotic sums of related coefficients. The supplied source does not state whether this conjecture has been resolved.

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Ankush Goswami and Venkata Raghu Tej Pantangi, “On sums of coefficients of polynomials related to the Borwein conjectures”, arXiv:2004.08954 (2020).

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