Conjecture on the sixth Hankel determinant for convolution powers of Narayana polynomials

Let NN be the determinant size, let ii and jj denote its row and column indices, and let tt be the parameter in the convolution powers of the Narayana polynomials. Write N=3nN=3n, N=3n+1N=3n+1, or N=3n+2N=3n+2 according to the residue class of NN modulo 33. Define

rn(t)=1+3t3+6t6+⋯+(n+12)t3(n−1)+(n+22)t3n+(n+12)t3(n+1)+⋯+t6n.r_n(t)=1+3t^3+6t^6+\cdots+\binom{n+1}{2}t^{3(n-1)}+\binom{n+2}{2}t^{3n}+\binom{n+1}{2}t^{3(n+1)}+\cdots+t^{6n}.

Conjecture 7.6. The sixth Hankel determinant satisfies

Δi+j(6)={(−1)nt9n(n−1)/2[n+1]t32,if N=3n,(−1)nt3n(3n−1)/2[n+1]t32,if N=3n+1,(−1)n+13t3n(3n+1)/2[3]trn(t),if N=3n+2.\Delta^{(6)}_{i+j}=\begin{cases} (-1)^n t^{9n(n-1)/2}[n+1]^2_{t^3}, & \text{if }N=3n,\\ (-1)^n t^{3n(3n-1)/2}[n+1]^2_{t^3}, & \text{if }N=3n+1,\\ (-1)^{n+1}3t^{3n(3n+1)/2}[3]_t r_n(t), & \text{if }N=3n+2. \end{cases}

Here [m]q=1+q+q2+⋯+qm−1[m]_q=1+q+q^2+\cdots+q^{m-1} denotes the standard qq-number. This conjecture gives an explicit residue-class formula for the sixth Hankel determinant associated with convolution powers of Narayana polynomials; its status is not resolved in the supplied source material.

References

Primary source

Guo-Niu Han, “Hankel determinants for convolution powers of Narayana polynomials”, arXiv:2512.12603 (2025).

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