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Partially 2-Colored Permutations and the Boros-Moll Polynomials

Combinatorics 2010-08-30 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

We find a combinatorial setting for the coefficients of the Boros-Moll polynomials Pm(a)P_m(a) in terms of partially 2-colored permutations. Using this model, we give a combinatorial proof of a recurrence relation on the coefficients of Pm(a)P_m(a). This approach enables us to give a combinatorial interpretation of the log-concavity of Pm(a)P_m(a) which was conjectured by Moll and confirmed by Kauers and Paule.

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@article{arxiv.1008.4740,
  title  = {Partially 2-Colored Permutations and the Boros-Moll Polynomials},
  author = {William Y. C. Chen and Sabrina X. M. Pang and Ellen X. Y. Qu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.4740},
  year   = {2010}
}

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9 pages

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