Higher-order discrete Laguerre inequality for real-rooted polynomials

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Let pp be a real-rooted polynomial of degree kk, and let M(p)M(p) denote its mesh, with M(p)≥1M(p)\geq 1. Discrete Laguerre inequality. Then

(k−1)(p(x+1)−p(x−1))2−4kp(x)(p(x+1)−2p(x)+p(x−1))≥0.(k-1)(p(x+1)-p(x-1))^2-4k p(x)(p(x+1)-2p(x)+p(x-1))\geq 0.

This conjecture proposes a discrete analogue of a sharper polynomial Laguerre inequality, extending the known first-order discrete result to an expression involving second differences. The source does not state whether it has been proved or disproved.

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Primary source

Ilia Krasikov, “Dicrete Analogues of the Laguerre Inequality”, arXiv:math/0204098 (2002).

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