Coefficient-positivity conjecture for the refined Borwein polynomials

Let LL and MM be nonnegative integers, and let B(L,M,a,b)\mathcal{B}(L,M,a,b) and B0,1(L,M,a,b)\mathcal{B}_{0,1}(L,M,a,b) denote the polynomials occurring in the displayed sums. Define

AL,M(q)=j=(1)jqj(9j+1)/2B(L,M,3j,j),\mathcal{A}_{L,M}(q)=\sum_{j=-\infty}^{\infty}(-1)^j q^{j(9j+1)/2}\mathcal{B}(L,M,3j,j),

and

CL,M(q)=j=(1)jqj(9j+7)/2B0,1(L,M,3j+1,j).\mathcal{C}_{L,M}(q)=\sum_{j=-\infty}^{\infty}(-1)^j q^{j(9j+7)/2}\mathcal{B}_{0,1}(L,M,3j+1,j).

Refined Borwein coefficient-positivity conjecture. The polynomials AL,M(q)\mathcal{A}_{L,M}(q) and CL,M(q)\mathcal{C}_{L,M}(q) have nonnegative coefficients.

These conjectured finite refinements are presented as stronger-looking positivity statements, but the source notes that they do not directly imply positivity of AL(q)A_L(q) and CL(q)C_L(q). The source gives no resolution status.

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Primary source

Alexander Berkovich and S. Ole Warnaar, “Positivity preserving transformations for q-binomial coefficients”, arXiv:math/0302320 (2003).

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