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Log-concavity of $P$-recursive sequences

Combinatorics 2021-05-10 v3 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

We consider the higher order Tur\'an inequality and higher order log-concavity for sequences {an}n0\{a_n\}_{n \ge 0} such that an1an+1an2=1+i=1mri(logn)nαi+o(1nβ), \frac{a_{n-1}a_{n+1}}{a_n^2} = 1 + \sum_{i=1}^m \frac{r_i(\log n)}{n^{\alpha_i}} + o\left( \frac{1}{n^{\beta}} \right), where mm is a nonnegative integer, αi\alpha_i are real numbers, ri(x)r_i(x) are rational functions of xx and 0<α1<α2<<αm<β. 0 < \alpha_1 < \alpha_2 < \cdots < \alpha_m < \beta. We will give a sufficient condition on the higher order Tur\'an inequality and the rr-log-concavity for nn sufficiently large. Most PP-recursive sequences fall in this frame. At last, we will give a method to find the exact NN such that for any n>Nn>N, the higher order Tur\'an inequality holds.

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@article{arxiv.2008.05604,
  title  = {Log-concavity of $P$-recursive sequences},
  author = {Q. H. Hou and G. J. Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.05604},
  year   = {2021}
}
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