Bottom-heaviness conjecture for q-Stirling coefficients

For a finite coefficient sequence (a0,,an)(a_0,\ldots,a_n), call it bottom heavy when akanka_k\geq a_{n-k} for k<n/2k<n/2. Let S[n,k]S[n,k], c[n,k]c[n,k], SB[n,k]S_B[n,k], and cB[n,k]c_B[n,k] be the type AA and type BB qq-Stirling polynomials. Bottom-heaviness conjecture. For each n,kn,k, the coefficient sequences of all four polynomials are bottom heavy. The claim describes a common asymmetry observed in the Stirling polynomials; the source gives no resolution status.

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Bruce E. Sagan and Joshua P. Swanson, “q-Stirling numbers in type B”, arXiv:2205.14078 (2022).

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