On the Unimodality of Convolutions of Sequences of Binomial Coefficients
Tricia Muldoon Brown
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Georgia Southern University
11935 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA 31419
USA
Abstract:
We provide necessary and sufficient conditions on the unimodality
of a convolution of two sequences of binomial coefficients preceded
by a finite number of ones. These convolution sequences arise as rank
sequences of posets of vertex-induced subtrees for a particular class of
trees. The number of such trees whose poset of vertex-induced subgraphs
containing the root is not rank unimodal is determined for a fixed number
of vertices i.
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(Concerned with sequences
A002620
A005993
A024206
A080232
A320657.)
Received October 23 2018; revised versions received November 8 2018;
April 23 2019.
Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, May 6 2019.
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