Third Borwein conjecture on coefficients of quintic Borwein polynomials

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Let vn(q)v_n(q), ϕn(q)\phi_n(q), χn(q)\chi_n(q), ψn(q)\psi_n(q), and ωn(q)\omega_n(q) be the polynomials defined by

(q;q)5n(q5;q5)n=vn(q5)−qϕn(q5)−q2χn(q5)−q3ψn(5)−q4ωn(q5).\frac{(q;q)_{5n}}{(q^5;q^5)_n}=v_n(q^5)-q\phi_n(q^5)-q^2\chi_n(q^5)-q^3\psi_n(^5)-q^4\omega_n(q^5).

Third Borwein conjecture. Each of vn(q)v_n(q), ϕn(q)\phi_n(q), χn(q)\chi_n(q), ψn(q)\psi_n(q), and ωn(q)\omega_n(q) has non-negative coefficients. This is one of the sign-pattern conjectures for Borwein polynomials, formalized by Andrews; the displayed source statement contains the argument ψn(5)\psi_n(^5) exactly as written, and the supplied source does not state whether the conjecture has been resolved.

References

Primary source

Jiyou Li and Xiang Yu, “On sums of coefficients of Borwein type polynomials over arithmetic progressions”, arXiv:2006.02970 (2021).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2020). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2004.08954.

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