The Third Borwein conjecture at modulus five

For a positive integer nn, define the finite qq-Pochhammer symbol (q;q)r:=j=1r(1qj)(q;q)_r:=\prod_{j=1}^{r}(1-q^j) and

Sn(q):=(q;q)5n(q5;q5)n.S_n(q):=\frac{(q;q)_{5n}}{(q^5;q^5)_n}.

Third Borwein conjecture. The sign pattern of the coefficients in the expansion of Sn(q)S_n(q) is ++++----+----+----\cdots, with the convention that zero coefficients may be regarded as either sign. The source discusses an approach to this conjecture but does not establish the full assertion.

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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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