Half log-convexity and half log-concavity conjecture for ratios of Boros-Moll coefficients

Let d(m)d_\ell(m) be the coefficient of xx^\ell in the Boros-Moll polynomial Pm(x)P_m(x). For fixed mm, consider the ratio sequence d(m)/d1(m)d_\ell(m)/d_{\ell-1}(m). Ratio-shape conjecture. For m3m\geq 3, the sequence {d(m)/d1(m)}1m/2+1\{d_\ell(m)/d_{\ell-1}(m)\}_{1\leq\ell\leq\lfloor m/2\rfloor+1} is log-convex, and the sequence {d(m)/d1(m)}m/2m\{d_\ell(m)/d_{\ell-1}(m)\}_{\lfloor m/2\rfloor\leq\ell\leq m} is log-concave. Equivalently, the displayed strict inequality in the source holds for 2m/22\leq\ell\leq\lfloor m/2\rfloor, with the inequalities reversed for m/2+1m1\lfloor m/2\rfloor+1\leq\ell\leq m-1. Numerical experiments in the source motivate this conjecture.

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James J. Y. Zhao, “The extended reverse ultra log-concavity of transposed Boros-Moll sequences”, arXiv:2406.13790 (2024).

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