Classification of linear period 1 seed polynomials with positive coefficients

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Let nn be a positive integer, and let PP be a linear polynomial in x1,,xnx_1,\ldots,x_n with positive coefficients. Say that PP generates a period 1 seed when it generates a seed of period 1 in the Laurent phenomenon framework. Linear period 1 seed conjecture. If nn is odd, no linear polynomial with positive coefficients generates a period 1 seed. If nn is even, the only linear polynomial PP with positive coefficients that generates a period 1 seed is

P=xn/2+1.P=x_{n/2}+1.

This conjecture proposes a complete classification of linear polynomials with positive coefficients that generate period 1 seeds, distinguishing the odd- and even-dimensional cases. The supplied source does not state a resolution, so the conjecture remains open.

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Joshua Alman, Cesar Cuenca and Jiaoyang Huang, “Laurent Phenomenon Sequences”, arXiv:1309.0751 (2013).

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