Narayana polynomials form a q-log-convex sequence

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The Narayana number N(n,k)N(n,k) counts Dyck paths of length 2n2n with exactly kk peaks, and the Narayana polynomials are Nn(q)=k=0nN(n,k)qkN_n(q)=\sum_{k=0}^{n}N(n,k)q^k. A sequence of polynomials is q-log-convex when each difference Nn+1(q)Nn1(q)Nn(q)2N_{n+1}(q)N_{n-1}(q)-N_n(q)^2 has nonnegative coefficients. Narayana polynomials conjecture. The Narayana polynomials Nn(q)N_n(q) form a qq-log-convex sequence. This was verified for n100n\leq 100 using Maple; pointwise log-convexity for each fixed nonnegative qq is known, but coefficientwise qq-log-convexity remains the conjectural strengthening.

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Li Liu and Yi Wang, “On the log-convexity of combinatorial sequences”, arXiv:math/0602672 (2006).

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