Third Borwein conjecture on coefficients of quintic Borwein polynomials

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.

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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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