On the modes of polynomials derived from nondecreasing sequences

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Authors Donna Q. J. Dou, Arthur L. B. Yang

Publication date 17 February 2011

Published in The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.4927, https://eudml.org/doc/225575, http://www.emis.de/journals/EJC/Volume_18/Abstracts/v18i1p1.html

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zbMATH Keywords

greatest modesmallest modeunimodal polynomials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial inequalities (05A20) Symbolic computation of special functions (Gosper and Zeilberger algorithms, etc.) (33F10)

Abstract: Wang and Yeh proved that if $P(x)$ is a polynomial with nonnegative and nondecreasing coefficients, then $P(x+d)$ is unimodal for any $d>0$. A mode of a unimodal polynomial $f(x)=a_0+a_{1}x+cdots+a_m{x}^m$ is an index $k$ such that $a_k$ is the maximum coefficient. Suppose that $M_{\ast }(P,d)$ is the smallest mode of $P(x+d)$, and $M^{\ast }(P,d)$ the greatest mode. Wang and Yeh conjectured that if $d_2>d_1>0$, then $M_{\ast }(P,d_1)geq{M}_{\ast }(P,d_2)$ and $M^{\ast }(P,d_1)geq{M}^{\ast }(P,d_2)$. We give a proof of this conjecture.

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Summary: \textit{Y. Wang} and \textit{Y.-N. Yeh} [Eur. J. Comb. 26, No. 5, 617--627 (2005; Zbl 1076.05010)] proved that if \(P(x)\) is a polynomial with nonnegative and nondecreasing coefficients, then \(P(x+ d)\) is unimodal for any \(d> 0\). A mode of a unimodal polynomial \(f(x)= a_0+a_1 x+\cdots+ a_m x^m\) is an index \(k\) such that \(a_k\) is the maximum coefficient. Suppose that \(M_*(P,d)\) is the smallest mode of \(P(x+ d)\), and \(M^*(P,d)\) the greatest mode. \textit{Y. Wang} and \textit{Y.-N. Yeh} [loc. cit.] conjectured that if \(d_2> d_1> 0\), then \(M_*(P,d_1)\geq M_*(P,d_2)\) and \(M^*(P,d_1)\geq M^*(P,d_2)\). We give a proof of this conjecture.

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