Schlosser–Zeng conjecture on unimodality of truncated theta coefficients

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For kN0k\in\mathbb N_0, define the coefficients Jk\textsct(m,n)J_k^{\textsc{t}}(m,n) by

n0mZJk\textsct(m,n)qnzm=(1)k(z,q/z,q;q)0k(1)q(+1)/2z(1z2+1).\sum_{n\ge 0}\sum_{m\in\mathbb Z}J_k^{\textsc{t}}(m,n)q^nz^m =\frac{(-1)^k}{(z,q/z,q;q)_\infty}\sum_{0\le \ell\le k}(-1)^\ell q^{\ell(\ell+1)/2}z^{-\ell}(1-z^{2\ell+1}).

Schlosser–Zeng's conjecture. For every kN0k\in\mathbb N_0 and nNn\in\mathbb N, the sequence

(Jk\textsct(m,n))nmn\bigl(J_k^{\textsc{t}}(m,n)\bigr)_{-n\le m\le n}

is unimodal.

The conjecture concerns the coefficient sequences arising from a truncated Jacobi triple product. The source gives no evidence of a resolution, so it remains open.

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Primary source

Nian Hong Zhou, “Positivity and tails of pentagonal number series”, arXiv:2403.06196 (2024).

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