Proof of Moll's minimum conjecture

DOI10.1016/J.EJC.2012.11.002zbMATH Open1259.05021arXiv0904.0841OpenAlexW2007352672WikidataQ123250076 ScholiaQ123250076MaRDI QIDQ1940366FDOQ1940366

William Y. C. Chen, Ernest X. W. Xia

Publication date: 6 March 2013

Published in: European Journal of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $d_i(m)$ denote the coefficients of the Boros-Moll polynomials. Moll's minimum conjecture states that the sequence ${i(i+1)(d_i^2(m)-d_{i-1}(m)d_{i+1}(m))}_{1leqileqm}$ attains its minimum with $i=m$. This conjecture is a stronger than the log-concavity conjecture proved by Kausers and Paule. We give a proof of Moll's conjecture by utilizing the spiral property of the sequence ${d_i(m)}_{0leqileqm}$, and the log-concavity of the sequence ${i!d_i(m)}_{0leqileqm}$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.0841

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zbMATH Keywords

Boros-Moll polynomials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Factorials, binomial coefficients, combinatorial functions (05A10) Combinatorial inequalities (05A20) Arithmetic combinatorics; higher degree uniformity (11B30) Sequences (mod (m)) (11B50) Symbolic computation of special functions (Gosper and Zeilberger algorithms, etc.) (33F10)

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