Log-Concavity of Infinite Product Generating Functions

DOI10.1007/S40993-022-00352-7MaRDI QIDQ6389873arXivWikidataFDO

Authors Bernhard Heim, Markus Neuhauser

Publication date 1 February 2022

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S40993-022-00352-7

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of partitions of integers (05A17) Combinatorial inequalities (05A20) Analytic theory of partitions (11P82)

arXiv classification

math.CO

Abstract: In the $1970$s Nicolas proved that the coefficients $p_d(n)$ defined by the generating function �egin{equation*} sum_{n=0}^{infty} p_d(n) , q^n = prod_{n=1}^{infty} left( 1- q^n ight)^{-n^{d-1}} end{equation*} are log-concave for $d=1$. Recently, Ono, Pujahari, and Rolen have extended the result to $d=2$. Note that $p_1(n)=p(n)$ is the partition function and $p_2(n)=funcppleft(night)$ is the number of plane partitions. In this paper, we invest in properties for $p_d(n)$ for general $d$. Let $ngeq6$. Then $p_d(n)$ is almost log-concave for $n$ divisible by $3$ and almost strictly log-convex otherwise.

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