The initial log-concavity thresholds for k-th power partition functions

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For an integer k2k\geq 2, let pk(n)p^k(n) denote the number of partitions of nn into perfect kk-th powers. Define NkN_k to be the smallest index such that the sequence {pk(n)}\{p^k(n)\} is log-concave for all n>Nkn>N_k.

Initial log-concavity threshold conjecture. For k6k\leq6, the smallest such values are

pk(n)p2(n)p3(n)p4(n)p5(n)p6(n)Nk104115655637854250786035577568\begin{array}{c|ccccc} p^k(n)&p^2(n)&p^3(n)&p^4(n)&p^5(n)&p^6(n)\\ \hline N_k&1041&15655&637854&2507860&35577568 \end{array}

These values record the first index after which log-concavity is observed for the square through sixth-power partition functions. The source gives no proof or resolution of this finite-data assertion.

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Primary source

Arindam Roy, “Log-concavity And The Multiplicative Properties of Restricted Partition Functions”, arXiv:2404.03153 (2025).

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