The shifted generalized forest submatrix Hankel-total positivity conjecture

Let G(p,q,γ,z)=F(p,q,0,0,γ,0,0,z)diag(((pqγ)n(n1)/2)n0)G'(p,q,\gamma,z)=\mathsf{F}(p,q,0,0,\gamma,0,0,z)\operatorname{diag}(((pq\gamma)^{n(n-1)/2})_{n\geq0}), and let Gn(x;p,q,γ,z)=k=0ngn,k(p,q,γ,z)xkG'_n(x;p,q,\gamma,z)=\sum_{k=0}^n g'_{n,k}(p,q,\gamma,z)x^k. The shifted generalized forest submatrix conjecture. The polynomial sequence (Gn(x;p+1,q+1,γ+1,z))n0(G'_n(x;p+1,q+1,\gamma+1,z))_{n\geq0} is coefficientwise Hankel-totally positive jointly in p,q,γ,z,xp,q,\gamma,z,x. The unmodified two-parameter specialization is not even TP2\mathrm{TP}_2, while the diagonal modification and unit shifts are supported by computation; the conjecture remains open.

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Tomack Gilmore, “Trees, forests, and total positivity: I. q-trees and q-forests matrices”, arXiv:2106.00656 (2021).

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