Proof of the Andrews-El Bachraoui positivity conjecture
Combinatorics
2026-01-28 v1 Number Theory
Abstract
We prove that for , all coefficients in the expansion of the series are positive, by -hypergeometric means. This confirms a recent conjecture of Andrews and El Bachraoui.
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@article{arxiv.2601.19845,
title = {Proof of the Andrews-El Bachraoui positivity conjecture},
author = {Shane Chern and Chun Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.19845},
year = {2026}
}