Infinite log-concavity conjecture for the sparse-polynomial sequence

Let fn(z)=f2,n(z)f_n(z)=f_{2,n}(z), and for a sequence (an)(a_n) define the operator

L(an)=an2an1an+1.\mathcal L(a_n)=a_n^2-a_{n-1}a_{n+1}.

A sequence is called kk-log-concave when Lj(an)0\mathcal L^j(a_n)\geq 0 for j=0,1,,kj=0,1,\ldots,k, and infinite log-concavity conjecture. The sequence (fn(z))(f_n(z)) is \infty-log-concave for all 0z10\leq z\leq 1. This is motivated by computations showing that repeated applications of L\mathcal L preserve nonnegative coefficients; the conjecture concerns all iterations and remains unresolved in the supplied source.

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Karl Dilcher and Maciej Ulas, “Some Properties of a Class of Sparse Polynomials”, arXiv:2008.01480 (2020).

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