Threshold conjecture for third-order Turán inequalities and invariant positivity

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Let p(n)p(n) and pˉ(n)\bar{p}(n) denote the partition functions considered in the paper, let Δk\Delta^k denote the kk-th finite-difference operator, and let II denote the invariant used in the paper. For 1≤k≤51\leq k\leq 5, write Tp(k)T_p(k), Tpˉ(k)T_{\bar{p}}(k), Ip(k)I_p(k), and Ipˉ(k)I_{\bar{p}}(k) for the proposed thresholds.

Threshold conjecture. For 1≤k≤51\leq k\leq 5, Δkp(n)\Delta^k p(n), respectively Δkpˉ(n)\Delta^k\bar{p}(n), satisfies the third-order Turán inequality whenever n≥Tp(k)n\geq T_p(k), respectively n≥Tpˉ(k)n\geq T_{\bar{p}}(k). Moreover, Δkp(n)\Delta^k p(n), respectively Δkpˉ(n)\Delta^k\bar{p}(n), satisfies I>0I>0 whenever n≥Ip(k)n\geq I_p(k), respectively n≥Ipˉ(k)n\geq I_{\bar{p}}(k).

These conjectures give explicit threshold ranges for two further positivity properties of finite differences of the partition functions. The source specifies the proposed thresholds in tables, while the validity of the assertions remains open.

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Eve Y. Y. Yang, “Laguerre inequalities and determinantal inequalities for the finite difference of the partition functions”, arXiv:2312.10909 (2023).

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