Exceptional negative coefficients conjecture for D(2,3,n)D'(2,3,n)

Let D(k,m,n)D'(k,m,n) be defined by

n0D(k,m,n)qn=qmn0C(k,m,n)qn(q2,q2k;q2)(q;q2)2,\sum_{n\geq 0}D'(k,m,n)q^n=q^{-m}\sum_{n\geq 0}C'(k,m,n)q^n-\frac{(q^2,q^{2k};q^2)_\infty}{(q;q^2)_\infty^2},

where kk and mm are positive integers. A coefficient is negative when it is less than zero. The exceptional negative coefficients conjecture for D(2,3,n)D'(2,3,n). The only negative coefficients of

n0D(2,3,n)qn\sum_{n\geq 0}D'(2,3,n)q^n

occur at n=10n=10 and n=22n=22. The claim refines the expected sign pattern for a series for which full positivity is not asserted.

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Primary source

George E. Andrews and Mohamed El Bachraoui, “Certain positive q-series and inequalities for two-color partitions”, arXiv:2507.09276 (2025).

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