Total positivity of bivariate functional-digraph polynomials
Let be the generating polynomial for functional digraphs on , with weight for each cyclic vertex and weight for each component. Define and . A polynomial matrix is coefficientwise totally positive when all minors have coefficientwise nonnegative coefficients; a polynomial sequence is coefficientwise Hankel-totally positive when all Hankel minors have coefficientwise nonnegative coefficients. Total positivities for the bivariate functional-digraph polynomials. (a) The unit-lower-triangular matrix is coefficientwise totally positive in . (b) The sequence is coefficientwise Hankel-totally positive in . (c) is coefficientwise Hankel-totally positive in . The claims extend the known positivity of the other coefficient matrix and its one-component column; the source gives no resolution.
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Primary source
Alan D. Sokal, “Total positivity of some polynomial matrices that enumerate labeled trees and forests, I. Forests of rooted labeled trees”, arXiv:2105.05583 (2022).
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