Monotonicity conjecture for consecutive qq-binomial quotients

For k,nNk,n\in\mathbb{N} with kn+1k\ge n+1, let Gk,n(q)G_{k,n}(q) be defined by

Fk,1(q)=r0Gk,r(q)qr+1.F_{k,1}(q)=\sum_{r\ge 0}G_{k,r}(q)q^{r+1}.

Write A(q)0A(q)\succeq0 when all coefficients of A(q)A(q) are nonnegative. Monotonicity conjecture for Gk,n(q)G_{k,n}(q). For nNn\in\mathbb{N} and kn+1k\ge n+1,

Gk,n(q)Gk+1,n1(q)0.G_{k,n}(q)-G_{k+1,n-1}(q)\succeq0.

The source says that the symmetry of qq-binomial coefficients and computational data suggest this refinement; it would imply nonnegativity of all the Gk,n(q)G_{k,n}(q) and hence the Andrews–Bachraoui positivity conjecture.

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Koustav Banerjee, Kathrin Bringmann and William J. Keith, “On a conjecture of Andrews and Bachraoui”, arXiv:2601.04014 (2026).

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