Positivity conjecture for the Laurent polynomials \mathscr{L}_{k,n}^{d}zz

For integers k,d1k,d\ge1 and n0n\ge0, let Lk,nd(z)\mathscr{L}_{k,n}^{d}(z) be the Laurent polynomials defined by the generating function in the source. Write

Lk,nd(z)=nkmn+kJk,nd(m)zm.\mathscr{L}_{k,n}^{d}(z)=\sum_{-n-k\le m\le n+k}J_{k,n}^{d}(m)z^m.

Positivity conjecture. For all integers k1k\ge1, d2d\ge2, and n0n\ge0, the Laurent polynomial Lk,nd(z)\mathscr{L}_{k,n}^{d}(z) has positive coefficients. This conjecture is presented as a further refinement of the truncated Jacobi theta-series conjecture; its resolution is not specified in the supplied text.

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Primary source

Nian Hong Zhou, “Positivity and tails of Jacobi theta series”, arXiv:2607.10968 (2026).

Additional references

23 papers in this index state this conjecture (2002–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2507.09276, arXiv:2501.03234, arXiv:2403.02490, arXiv:2403.06196, arXiv:2305.17278, arXiv:2110.11549, arXiv:2011.02847, arXiv:2008.01480, arXiv:2002.01518, arXiv:1608.06032, arXiv:1606.09350, arXiv:1603.04268, and 10 more.

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