The Second Borwein sign-pattern conjecture for squares

Let nn be a positive integer, and let

Pn(q):=(1q)(1q2)(1q4)(1q5)(1q3n2)(1q3n1).P_n(q):=(1-q)(1-q^2)(1-q^4)(1-q^5)\cdots(1-q^{3n-2})(1-q^{3n-1}).

The Second Borwein conjecture. The sign pattern of the coefficients in the expansion of Pn(q)2P_n(q)^2 is ++++--+--+--\cdots, with the same convention that a zero coefficient is considered as both ++ and -. The source states that this conjecture has been proved.

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Primary source

Chen Wang and Christian Krattenthaler, “An asymptotic approach to Borwein-type sign pattern theorems”, arXiv:2201.12415 (2022).

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