Proof step

Iterated real-rootedness preservers

Theorem check of the sequence's own rule iterated preserver

Concludes: T(n, k) = Sum_{j=0..n-k} (-1)^j*binomial(n - k + 1, j)*(n - k + 1 - j)^n. Triangle read by rows, T(n, k) for 1 <= k <= n.
Premises: none: a direct theorem check
Theorem: [SP14; Bra15, Thm 7.1 of arXiv:1410.6601; Bra06, Cor 3.5] polytool ?
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Technical details

Step id

e-7bd0f1dd542f431e · JSON

Operation

Theorem check of the sequence's own rule

{
  "operation": "theorem_check",
  "theorem": "iterated_preserver"
}

Claims

{
  "claim": "real_rooted",
  "from_index": 0,
  "region": {
    "upper": {
      "closed": true,
      "value": "0"
    }
  }
}

Certificate

theorem_check, SHA-256 68ad4ff0c0d460a12035223b3263ba7a9a7f1dba12c9a0a74d884ea4de398b38, 6,489 bytes (1,993 compressed); download

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References

[Bra06] Petter Brändén. On linear transformations preserving the Pólya frequency property. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 358(8):3697–3716, February 2006. doi:10.1090/s0002-9947-06-03856-6
[Bra15] Petter Brändén. Unimodality, log-concavity, real-rootedness and beyond. Handbook of enumerative combinatorics, :437–483, March 2015. doi:10.1201/b18255-10
[SP14] J Schur and G Polya. Über zwei Arten von Faktorenfolgen in der Theorie der algebraischen Gleichungen. J. Reine Angew. Math., 1914.