All even logarithmic differences of Boros–Moll coefficients
We prove a conjecture posed by Chen and Gu in 2008 by showing that every admissible even-order difference of the logarithms of a Boros–Moll coefficient row is strictly negative. The fourth-order case gives the conjectured ratio log-concavity, including the endpoint ratios. We establish the stronger continuous statement that every even derivative of an explicit interpolation is negative. The proof writes the coefficients as a binomial factor times a Laplace transform. The exponentially weighted kernel is decreasing, which yields a Bernstein function. An elementary derivative-sign argument and the gamma recurrence then prove all orders at once. Version 2 replaces the earlier fourth-order argument with a self-contained analytic proof of all admissible even orders. The support archive contains source/build files and historical finite-range Lean sources. The all-orders analytic proof is not formalised in Lean; no computation is required for the proof.
Authors
- Aran S. Ziegler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8313-9696)
Institutions
- Auckland University of Technology (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23235571
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Mathematical Identities
- Type
- preprint