Hurwitz stability conjecture for the alternating-run polynomial

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Let r(x)=1+x1−xr(x)=\sqrt{\frac{1+x}{1-x}} and define Rn(x)=∑k=02n−1R(n,k)xk\mathscr{R}_n(x)=\sum_{k=0}^{2n-1}\mathscr{R}(n,k)x^k by

(xDx)n(r(x))=Rn(x)(1−x)n(1+x)n−11−x2.(xD_x)^n(r(x))=\frac{\mathscr{R}_n(x)}{(1-x)^n(1+x)^{n-1}\sqrt{1-x^2}}.

The recurrence is

Rn+1(x)=(2nx+1)xRn(x)+x(1−x2)DxRn(x),\mathscr{R}_{n+1}(x)=(2nx+1)x\mathscr{R}_n(x)+x(1-x^2)D_x\mathscr{R}_n(x),

with R0(x)=1\mathscr{R}_0(x)=1 and R1(x)=x\mathscr{R}_1(x)=x. Hurwitz stability conjecture. The polynomial Rn(x)\mathscr{R}_n(x) is Hurwitz stable for n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N}. The coefficients count dual Stirling permutations by alternating runs, and the polynomial is not real-rooted; the conjecture asserts the stronger half-plane location property instead. Its resolution is not specified in the source.

References

Primary source

Ming-Jian Ding and Bao-Xuan Zhu, “Stability of combinatorial polynomials and its applications”, arXiv:2106.12176 (2021).

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