Two-parameter Borwein positivity conjecture for AL,m(q)A_{L,m}(q) and CL,m(q)C_{L,m}(q)

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For nonnegative integers LL and mm, let AL,m(q)A_{L,m}(q) and CL,m(q)C_{L,m}(q) be the polynomials defined by the finite multisums immediately preceding the claim. The index ranges are 0≤m≤L0\leq m\leq L for AL,m(q)A_{L,m}(q) and 0≤m≤L−10\leq m\leq L-1 for CL,m(q)C_{L,m}(q).

Two-parameter Borwein positivity conjecture. The polynomials AL,m(q)A_{L,m}(q) for 0≤m≤L0\leq m\leq L and CL,m(q)C_{L,m}(q) for 0≤m≤L−10\leq m\leq L-1 have nonnegative coefficients.

These polynomials refine the original Borwein polynomials through AL(q)=∑m=0LAL,m(q)A_L(q)=\sum_{m=0}^L A_{L,m}(q) and CL(q)=∑m=0L−1CL,m(q)C_L(q)=\sum_{m=0}^{L-1}C_{L,m}(q). The source gives no resolution status.

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

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