Clark–Ismail coefficient-positivity conjecture for the power series of gjg_j

For j>1j>1, define

gj(v)=(1evv)j+1ejvdjdvj(vj1ev).g_j(v)=\left(\frac{1-\operatorname{e}^{-v}}{v}\right)^{j+1}\operatorname{e}^{jv}\frac{\operatorname{d}^j}{\operatorname{d}v^j}\left(\frac{v^j}{1-\operatorname{e}^{-v}}\right).

Suppose that gjg_j has the power-series expansion

gj(v)=k=0γ(j,k)vk.g_j(v)=\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}\gamma(j,k)v^k.

Clark–Ismail's coefficient-positivity conjecture. Then γ(j,k)0\gamma(j,k)\ge0 for all j>1j>1 and k0k\ge0. This is a coefficientwise strengthening of the positivity question for gjg_j and was posed alongside the preceding conjecture; the source does not specify whether it has been resolved.

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Yan-Fang Li, Dongkyu Lim and Feng Qi, “Closed-form formulas, determinantal expressions, recursive relations, power series, and special values of several functions used in Clark–Ismail's two conjectures”, arXiv:2310.12697 (2023).

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