Chern's coefficient-positivity conjecture for a double qq-series

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Let mm be an integer with m≥2m\geq 2. Consider the formal qq-series

∑j≥0∑k≥1q3j+k(1−qk)(qm;qm)j(qm;qm)j+k.\sum_{j\geq 0}\sum_{k\geq 1}\frac{q^{3j+k}(1-q^k)}{(q^m;q^m)_j(q^m;q^m)_{j+k}}.

Chern's conjecture. This double series has nonnegative coefficients in its expansion. This would provide a uniform qq-series proof of the parity-bias inequalities previously established by Chern, including the exceptional case requiring a separate argument.

References

Primary source

Damanvir Singh Binner, “On conjectures of Chern concerning parity bias in partitions”, arXiv:2209.05949 (2022).

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