Rational extension of the Newton diagram for the positivity of \({}_1F_2\) hypergeometric functions and Askey-Szegö problem (Q2285748)

The main purpose of the paper under review is to give an extension of the Newton diagram for the positivity of $_1F_2$ hypergeometric function that leads to an improvement of an important result of \textit{R. Askey} [J. Comput. Appl. Math. 48, No. 1--2, 3--15 (1993; Zbl 0797.33006)]. As it is more or less standard in the theory of special functions, the positivity investigation is carried out by \textit{G. Gasper}'s sums of square method [SIAM J. Math. Anal. 6, 868--881 (1975; Zbl 0313.33013)]. The results are too complicated to be stated here.