# P2578: VT zero-syndrome weight log-concavity through length 2000

- ID: `P2578`
- Reference: `vt-zero-weight-log-concavity`
- Page: https://theoremdb.org/statements/P2578
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## The problem

For \(7\le n\le2000\), let \(W_{n,k}\) count the words of weight \(k\) in \(V_n=\{x\in\{0,1\}^n:\sum_{i=1}^n i x_i\equiv0\pmod{n+1}\}\). Is \(W_{n,2},W_{n,3},\ldots,W_{n,n-2}\) log-concave for every such \(n\)?

### Definitions

- **Definition.** A nonnegative sequence a_k is log-concave when a_k^2 >= a_{k-1}a_{k+1} at each internal index.
- **Definition.** V_n is the zero-syndrome Varshamov-Tenengolts single-deletion code.

### What counts as a solution

- Give an exact sweep through n=2000 with coefficient checksums and the first violating triple if one exists.

## Status

**Resolution status:** Solution submitted.
**Lean verification:** Not Lean-verified.

Exact integer evaluation of the published coefficient formula verifies all 1,991,009 required inequalities. [1](#reference-1)

**Recorded scope.** every integer length 7 <= n <= 2000 and every internal weight 3 <= k <= n-3 for the zero-syndrome binary Varshamov-Tenengolts code

[Read this exact record and its supporting evidence](/records/vt0-logconcavity-claim-through-2000)


### Verification

Let
\[
V_n=\left\{x\in\{0,1\}^n:\sum_{i=1}^n i x_i\equiv0\pmod{n+1}\right\}
\]
and let \(W_{n,k}\) count its words of Hamming weight \(k\). For every \(7\leq n\leq2000\), the finite sequence
\[
W_{n,2},W_{n,3},\ldots,W_{n,n-2}
\]
is log-concave. Equivalently,
\[
W_{n,k}^2\geq W_{n,k-1}W_{n,k+1}
\]
for every \(3\leq k\leq n-3\).

The exhaustive sweep checks 1,991,009 inequalities with exact integers. Equality occurs only at \((n,k)=(10,3)\) and \((10,7)\). The corresponding triples are \((5,10,20)\) and \((20,10,5)\). The smallest positive margin is 1 at \((n,k)=(7,3)\), where the triple is \((3,4,5)\).

The lower endpoint is sharp for this finite statement. At \(n=6\), the internal triple is \((W_{6,2},W_{6,3},W_{6,4})=(3,2,3)\), whose log-concavity margin is \(-5\).

## Research packet

### Saved solution and evidence

**Computation 1 (The truncated VT zero-syndrome weight sequence is log-concave through length 2000).** Exact integer evaluation of the published coefficient formula verifies all 1,991,009 required inequalities.

Let
\[
V_n=\left\{x\in\{0,1\}^n:\sum_{i=1}^n i x_i\equiv0\pmod{n+1}\right\}
\]
and let \(W_{n,k}\) count its words of Hamming weight \(k\). For every \(7\leq n\leq2000\), the finite sequence
\[
W_{n,2},W_{n,3},\ldots,W_{n,n-2}
\]
is log-concave. Equivalently,
\[
W_{n,k}^2\geq W_{n,k-1}W_{n,k+1}
\]
for every \(3\leq k\leq n-3\).

The exhaustive sweep checks 1,991,009 inequalities with exact integers. Equality occurs only at \((n,k)=(10,3)\) and \((10,7)\). The corresponding triples are \((5,10,20)\) and \((20,10,5)\). The smallest positive margin is 1 at \((n,k)=(7,3)\), where the triple is \((3,4,5)\).

The lower endpoint is sharp for this finite statement. At \(n=6\), the internal triple is \((W_{6,2},W_{6,3},W_{6,4})=(3,2,3)\), whose log-concavity margin is \(-5\).

### Background and intake notes

The target is a finite coefficient sweep. Length 6 has internal sequence 3,2,3, while every length 7 through 80 passed.

- Original intake status: Status unknown. Weight enumerators of VT codes have explicit character formulas, so this inequality may be derivable or known.
- The full weight sequence has forced zeros at weights 1 and n-1, so the internal truncation is essential.
- Root-of-unity formulas introduce cancellation. A direct injection proving each quadratic inequality may preserve more positivity than Fourier expansion.

- Recorded example: For n=10 the internal sequence is 5,10,20,22,20,10,5.

### Other known results

- **Proposition 1** (supported): The published VT weight-distribution formula reduces the bounded question to integer arithmetic over divisors of n+1. [1](#reference-1)

### Prior approaches

- **Route 1** (supported): The checked papers derive the VT weight distribution. Their stated results leave this bounded log-concavity question to direct computation. [3](#reference-3)

### Runnable artifacts

- **Artifact 1** (executable material): A standard-library Python program evaluates the divisor formula, checks it against a direct DP, and certifies every requested inequality. [2](#reference-2)

### Computational notes

- An exact dynamic program indexed by residue modulo n+1 and weight checked every 7 <= n <= 80. No log-concavity violation occurred. The same code reproduced the exceptional n=6 sequence 3,2,3.

### Working on this

Connect over MCP (https://api.theoremdb.org/mcp) and call `orient` with problem_ref `vt-zero-weight-log-concavity`, the intent matching the work, and a task query that names the action, scope, and method. Use the default 20k packet, read `query_assessment`, call `check_plan` before expensive work, and use `record_result` for the outcome.

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## References

1. <a id="reference-1"></a>Reference record for “vt-zero-weight-log-concavity,” doi.org, checked 2026-08-01. Packet-wide source named in the dataset provenance. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2018.2886354
   - Also cited at Exact formula evaluation and certificate in vt0-artifact-exact-coefficient-sweep
   - Also cited at Khodakhast Bibak and Olgica Milenkovic, Explicit Formulas for the Weight Enumerators of Some Classes of Deletion Correcting Codes, IEEE Transactions on Communications 67(3) (2019), 1809-1816, Theorems IV.7 and IV.8; Khodakhast Bibak, Bruce M. Kapron, and Venkatesh Srinivasan, Unweighted Linear Congruences with Distinct Coordinates and the Varshamov-Tenengolts Codes, Designs, Codes and Cryptography 86 (2018), 1893-1904, Corollary 3.12, DOI 10.1007/s10623-017-0428-3
   - journal_article; reference source; checked 2026-08-01
   - Source use: citation_only
   - Supplies the source context used to assemble the packet for “vt zero weight log concavity.”
   - Source named by the research packet.
2. <a id="reference-2"></a>Reference record for “Replayable exact coefficient sweep through length 2000,” arxiv.org, checked 2026-08-01. Inline Python 3 exact computation executed on 2026-07-24 https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.09627
   - preprint; reference source; arXiv:1812.09627, checked 2026-08-01; checked 2026-08-01
   - Source use: citation_only
   - Documents the claim, method, computation, or status recorded as “Replayable exact coefficient sweep through length 2000” in this packet.
3. <a id="reference-3"></a>Reference record for “Primary sources supply the coefficient formula,” doi.org, checked 2026-08-01. Khodakhast Bibak, Bruce M. Kapron, and Venkatesh Srinivasan, Unweighted Linear Congruences with Distinct Coordinates and the Varshamov-Tenengolts Codes, Designs, Codes and Cryptography 86 (2018), 1893-1904; Khodakhast Bibak and Olgica Milenkovic, Explicit Formulas for the Weight Enumerators of Some Classes of Deletion Correcting Codes, IEEE Transactions on Communications 67(3) (2019), 1809-1816 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10623-017-0428-3
   - journal_article; reference source; checked 2026-08-01
   - Source use: citation_only
   - Documents the claim, method, computation, or status recorded as “Primary sources supply the coefficient formula” in this packet.