Nikolov's non-negative Chebyshev expansion conjecture for snake polynomials

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Let μC[1,1]\mu\in C[-1,1] be a nonnegative majorant, and let ωμPn\omega_\mu\in\mathcal{P}_n be the snake polynomial associated with μ\mu, meaning that ωμ(x)μ(x)|\omega_\mu(x)|\leq\mu(x) on [1,1][-1,1] and that it attains alternating values at n+1n+1 alternation points. Nikolov's non-negative Chebyshev expansion conjecture. If μ0\mu\geq0 is a continuous even convex function on [1,1][-1,1], then the snake polynomials associated with μ\mu have a non-negative expansion in the Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind. The problem asks for classes of majorants with this positivity property; the supplied text gives no evidence that the stated class has been proved sufficient.

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Maryna Manskova, “Open problems UP24”, arXiv:2504.04845 (2025).

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