Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 19 (2016), Article 16.6.5

Note on Total Positivity for a Class of Recursive Matrices


Liang Zhao and Fengyao Yan
School of Mathematical Sciences
Dalian University of Technology
Dalian 116024
P. R. China

Abstract:

In this note, we study the total positivity of a class of infinite recursive matrices that depend on three infinite sets of independent variables and on an integer parameter. We give a simple algebraic proof and provide a few examples.


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(Concerned with sequences A000108 A002802 A006298 A008288 A035309.)


Received August 17 2015; revised versions received April 11 2016; June 4 2016; July 2 2016. Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, July 5 2016.


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