The First Borwein conjecture on the polynomials An(q)A_n(q), Bn(q)B_n(q) and Cn(q)C_n(q)

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The polynomials An(q)A_n(q), Bn(q)B_n(q) and Cn(q)C_n(q) are defined by

∏k=1n(1−q3k−2)(1−q3k−1)=An(q3)−qBn(q3)−q2Cn(q3).\prod_{k=1}^n(1-q^{3k-2})(1-q^{3k-1})=A_n(q^3)-qB_n(q^3)-q^2C_n(q^3).

First Borwein conjecture. The polynomials An(q)A_n(q), Bn(q)B_n(q) and Cn(q)C_n(q) have nonnegative coefficients.

This is the observation communicated by P. Borwein to G. E. Andrews and is the motivating special case for the generalized Borwein conjecture. The source does not state whether it has been resolved.

References

Primary source

S. Ole Warnaar, “The generalized Borwein conjecture. I. The Burge transform”, arXiv:math/0011220 (2000).

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