Coefficient-denominator conjecture for a second basic hypergeometric ratio

Let 2ϕ1{}_2\phi_1 denote the basic hypergeometric series, and define γn(a,b,c)\gamma'_n(a,b,c) by

n0γn(a,b,c)zn=2ϕ1(aq,b;cq;q,z)2ϕ1(a,b;c;q,z).\sum_{n\ge0}\gamma'_n(a,b,c)z^n=\frac{{}_2\phi_1(aq,b;cq;q,z)}{{}_2\phi_1(a,b;c;q,z)}.

Second coefficient-denominator conjecture. For every nn, there is a polynomial Pn(a,b,c)P'_n(a,b,c) in a,b,c,qa,b,c,q with integer coefficients such that

γn(a,b,c)1c=Pn(a,b,c)k=0n(1cqk)n+1k+1.\frac{\gamma'_n(a,b,c)}{1-c}=\frac{P'_n(a,b,c)}{\prod_{k=0}^{n}(1-cq^k)^{\left\lfloor\frac{n+1}{k+1}\right\rfloor}}.

This is a parallel denominator-structure conjecture for another ratio of basic hypergeometric series; the supplied text gives no evidence that it has been resolved.

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Jang Soo Kim and Dennis Stanton, “Ratios of Hahn–Exton q-Bessel functions and q-Lommel polynomials”, arXiv:2006.08120 (2021).

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