On multiple and infinite log-concavity

DOI10.1007/S00026-015-0292-7zbMATH Open1332.05018arXiv1405.1765OpenAlexW2962828213MaRDI QIDQ259727FDOQ259727

Armin Straub, Luis Medina

Publication date: 18 March 2016

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

Abstract: Following Boros--Moll, a sequence $(a_n)$ is $m$-log-concave if $mathcal{L}^j(a_n)geq0$ for all $j=0,1,ldots,m$. Here, $mathcalL$ is the operator defined by $mathcalL(a_n)=a_n^2-a_{n-1}{a}_{n+1}$. By a criterion of Craven--Csordas and McNamara--Sagan it is known that a sequence is $infty$-log-concave if it satisfies the stronger inequality $a_k^{2}geqr{a}_{k-1}{a}_{k+1}$ for large enough $r$. On the other hand, a recent result of Br"and'en shows that $infty$-log-concave sequences include sequences whose generating polynomial has only negative real roots. In this paper, we investigate sequences which are fixed by a power of the operator $mathcalL$ and are therefore $infty$-log-concave for a very different reason. Surprisingly, we find that sequences fixed by the non-linear operators $mathcalL$ and $mathcal{L}^2$ are, in fact, characterized by a linear 4-term recurrence. In a final conjectural part, we observe that positive sequences appear to become $infty$-log-concave if convoluted with themselves a finite number of times.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.1765

zbMATH Keywords

convolutionlinear recurrenceslog-concavity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Zeros of polynomials, rational functions, and other analytic functions of one complex variable (e.g., zeros of functions with bounded Dirichlet integral) (30C15) Combinatorial inequalities (05A20) Real polynomials: analytic properties, etc. (26C05) Iteration theory, iterative and composite equations (39B12)

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