Quartic Berkovich–Dhar sign-change conjecture
For every integer , define and for . After all zero coefficients are omitted, the sequence in increasing order of has exactly one sign change, and that change is from positive to negative. The claimed quartic refinement further asserts that, for , the transition occurs in an interval of length centered at , where and have explicit analytic definitions.
References
Primary source
Additional references
- A proof of the quartic Berkovich-Dhar sign-change conjecture — arXiv — Shutao Jiang
Progress summary
A single preprint claims to settle the quartic case and locate its sign-change transition sharply, but this result has not been independently verified and higher-power cases remain open.
Berkovich and Dhar formulated sign-pattern conjectures for polynomial families, including the quartic case. The problem asks for the quartic sign assertions, together with sharp asymptotics for where the transition occurs.
October 2026 quartic proof claim
Shutao Jiang's preprint claims a proof of the quartic sign assertions and a four-term asymptotic localization of the transition. The claim is based on a single preprint and has not received independent mathematical verification.
Current status (as of October 2026): The quartic case is claimed solved by Jiang's preprint but remains unverified; cases involving higher powers remain open.
Solutions 0
No solutions have been posted yet.