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A q-rious positivity

Number Theory 2011-03-01 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs Combinatorics

Abstract

The qq-binomial coefficients \qbinomnm=i=1m(1qnm+i)/(1qi)\qbinom{n}{m}=\prod_{i=1}^m(1-q^{n-m+i})/(1-q^i), for integers 0mn0\le m\le n, are known to be polynomials with non-negative integer coefficients. This readily follows from the qq-binomial theorem, or the many combinatorial interpretations of \qbinomnm\qbinom{n}{m}. In this note we conjecture an arithmetically motivated generalisation of the non-negativity property for products of ratios of qq-factorials that happen to be polynomials.

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@article{arxiv.1003.1999,
  title  = {A q-rious positivity},
  author = {S. Ole Warnaar and Wadim Zudilin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.1999},
  year   = {2011}
}

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6 pages

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