The unimodality conjecture for q-rational numerator and denominator polynomials

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Let [rs]q=R(q)S(q)\left[\frac{r}{s}\right]_{q}=\frac{\mathcal{R}(q)}{\mathcal{S}(q)} be a qq-rational, where R(q)\mathcal{R}(q) and S(q)\mathcal{S}(q) are its numerator and denominator polynomials. Unimodality conjecture. For every [rs]q=R(q)S(q)\left[\frac{r}{s}\right]_{q}=\frac{\mathcal{R}(q)}{\mathcal{S}(q)}, the coefficients of the polynomials R(q)\mathcal{R}(q) and S(q)\mathcal{S}(q) form unimodal sequences. Long computer experimentation and evidence in the simplest cases motivate this conjecture; the supplied text gives no resolution, so its general validity remains open.

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Sophie Morier-Genoud and Valentin Ovsienko, “Quantum real numbers and q-deformed Conway-Coxeter friezes”, arXiv:2011.10809 (2021).

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