Alternating bi-3-positivity conjecture for BorosMoll polynomials

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For m1m1, define the BorosMoll polynomial Mm(x)M_m(x) and its transform

Qm(x)=2mm!xmMm(1x).Q_m(x)=2^m m!x^mM_m\left(\frac{1}{x}\right).

A polynomial is symmetric if its coefficients read the same forwards and backwards, unimodal if its coefficients increase and then decrease, and alternatingly bi-\gamma-positive in the sense used for these polynomials. BorosMoll positivity conjecture. For every m1m1, there are symmetric and unimodal polynomials am(x)a_m(x) and bm(x)b_m(x) such that

Qm(x)=am(x)+xbm(x),Q_m(x)=a_m(x)+xb_m(x),

and Qm(x)Q_m(x) is alternatingly bi-\gamma-positive. Consequently, Mm(x)M_m(x) is also alternatingly bi-\gamma-positive. This proposes a refined positivity and unimodality structure for the BorosMoll polynomials; the supplied text gives empirical evidence but no resolution.

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Shi-Mei Ma, Hao Qi, Jean Yeh and Yeong-Nan Yeh, “Positivity of Narayana polynomials and Eulerian polynomials”, arXiv:2202.08984 (2022).

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