The minor-ratio conjecture for eta-derivative determinants

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Let D=d0,d1,\mathfrak D=d_0,d_1,\dots and F=f0,f1,\mathfrak F=f_0,f_1,\dots be strictly increasing sequences of non-negative integers, and let

DN,D,F=det(xfi,dj)0i,j<N.D_{N,\mathfrak D,\mathfrak F}=\det\big(x_{f_i,d_j}\big)_{0\leq i,j<N}.

Let D1=d1,d2,\mathfrak D_1=d_1,d_2,\dots and F1=f1,f2,\mathfrak F_1=f_1,f_2,\dots be their tails, and let MD\mathfrak M_{\mathfrak D} and MF\mathfrak M_{\mathfrak F} be the sets of non-negative integers omitted by the respective sequences.

The minor-ratio conjecture. If d0=f0=0d_0=f_0=0 and both omitted sets are finite, then, except for countably many values of aa,

SN,D,F(a)=DN,D,F(xj,kηj+k(a))DN1,D1,F1(xj,kηj+k+2(a))1S_{N,\mathfrak D,\mathfrak F}(a)=\frac{D_{N,\mathfrak D,\mathfrak F}\big(x_{j,k}\mapsto\eta^{\langle j+k\rangle}(a)\big)}{D_{N-1,\mathfrak D_1,\mathfrak F_1}\big(x_{j,k}\mapsto\eta^{\langle j+k+2\rangle}(a)\big)}\longrightarrow 1

as NN\to\infty.

This extends the basic determinant-ratio conjecture to minors determined by sequences with finitely many missing indices; the supplied text gives no resolution beyond the stated conjectural extension.

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Primary source

Yuri Matiyasevich, “In Search of Approximate Polynomial Dependencies Among the Derivatives of the Alternating Zeta Function”, arXiv:2602.03408 (2026).

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