Log-Concavity of Infinite Product and Infinite Sum Generating Functions
Abstract
We expand on the remark by Andrews on the importance of infinite sums and products in combinatorics. Let be the double sequences or . We associate double sequences and , defined as the coefficients of \begin{eqnarray*} \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} p^{g_{d} }\left( n\right) \, t^{n} & := & \prod_{n=1}^{\infty} \left( 1 - t^{n} \right)^{-\frac{ \sum_{\ell \mid n} \mu(\ell) \, g_d(n/\ell) }{n} }, \\ \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} q^{g_{d} }\left( n\right) \, t^{n} & := & \frac{1}{1 - \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} g_d(n) \, t^{n} }. \end{eqnarray*} These coefficients are related to the number of partitions , plane partitions of , and Fibonacci numbers . Let and let . Then the coefficients are log-concave at for almost all in the exponential and geometric cases. The coefficients are not log-concave for almost all in both cases, if . Let . Then the log-concave property flips for almost all .
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@article{arxiv.2302.13327,
title = {Log-Concavity of Infinite Product and Infinite Sum Generating Functions},
author = {Bernhard Heim and Markus Neuhauser},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.13327},
year = {2023}
}