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A generic approach to proving Tur\'{a}n-type inequalities for sequences that admit exact formulas, with an application to unimodal sequences

Number Theory 2025-07-17 v2

Abstract

We derive an asymptotic expansion with effective error bound for u(n)u(n), counting the number of unimodal sequences of size nn. We prove that u(n)u(n) satisfies the higher order Tur\'{a}n inequalities for n33n\geq33 and that certain second jj-shifted difference of u(n)u(n) are positive.

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@article{arxiv.2505.15236,
  title  = {A generic approach to proving Tur\'{a}n-type inequalities for sequences that admit exact formulas, with an application to unimodal sequences},
  author = {Koustav Banerjee and Kathrin Bringmann and Ben Kane},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.15236},
  year   = {2025}
}