Nonnegativity and log-concavity conjecture for the binomial coefficients of Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 Hurwitz-Hodge integrals

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Let i⃗\vec{i} be a tuple of nonnegative integers, and let ci⃗,kc_{\vec{i},k} and c~i⃗,k\widetilde{c}_{\vec{i},k} be the integers defined by

2∣i⃗∣+1D(i⃗),2g+2=∑k=0∣i⃗∣2+1ci⃗,k(gk),2∣i⃗∣+1d(i⃗),2g+2=∑k=0∣i⃗∣2+1c~i⃗,k(gk).2^{|\vec{i}|+1}D_{(\vec{i}),2g+2}=\sum_{k=0}^{|\vec{i}|^2+1}c_{\vec{i},k}{g\choose k},\qquad 2^{|\vec{i}|+1}d_{(\vec{i}),2g+2}=\sum_{k=0}^{|\vec{i}|^2+1}\widetilde{c}_{\vec{i},k}{g\choose k}.

Nonnegativity and log-concavity conjecture. The integers ci⃗,kc_{\vec{i},k} and c~i⃗,k\widetilde{c}_{\vec{i},k} are nonnegative, and, for fixed i⃗\vec{i}, the sequences {ci⃗,k}k≥0\{c_{\vec{i},k}\}_{k\geq0} and {c~i⃗,k}k≥0\{\widetilde{c}_{\vec{i},k}\}_{k\geq0} are log-concave. The coefficients are known to exist and be integral by the stated binomial-basis result; the conjectured positivity and log-concavity are suggested by the computed examples.

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Adam Afandi, “Polynomiality of Z_2 Hurwitz-Hodge Integrals”, arXiv:2010.07521 (2020).

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