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arxiv: 2606.09545 · v2 · pith:6C2AVMUTnew · submitted 2026-06-08 · 🧮 math.NT

On the Smallest Counterexample to the Log-Concavity of the D'Arcais Polynomials

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Recently, Starr used asymptotic methods to disprove a conjecture by Heim--Neuhauser and Abdesselam about the log-concavity of the D'Arcais polynomials, without giving an explicit counterexample. We refine the asymptotics, to give the necessary estimates on convolutions of $\sigma_{-1}$, and identify the first counterexample at $\lambda = 65\,214\,507\,758\,400$. We also consider the asymptotic density of such counterexamples.

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