The Berkovich-Dhar conjecture concerns the signs of the coefficients of powers of the polynomial, for a positive
integer 
,
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For exponents 
,
5, 6, 7, and 8, it predicts nonnegative coefficients
of 
and a single change from positive to negative among the coefficients
of 
,
after zero coefficients are omitted (Berkovich and
Dhar 2026).
Jiang (2026b) reported a proof of these sign assertions for all five exponents. The paper also gives the limiting positions of their sign
changes. In the quartic case, if 
is the last index 
with ![[q^(3m+2)]P_n(q)^4>0](/images/equations/Berkovich-DharConjecture/Inline7.svg)
, then 
as 
(Jiang 2026b). The coefficient
notation ![[q^j]P](/images/equations/Berkovich-DharConjecture/Inline10.svg)
denotes the coefficient of 
in 
.
Jiang (2026a) also reported a proof of the modulo-five analog for the square and cube of
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For both powers, coefficients with exponents divisible by 5 are strictly positive throughout their range. After zero coefficients are omitted, residue classes 3 and 4 have exactly one change from positive to negative. Residue classes 1 and 2 have the reverse sign pattern by reciprocity. The two reported proofs have not been independently verified here.
