A combinatorial proof of strict unimodality for $q$-binomial coefficients

Vivek Dhand

Pak and Panova recently proved that the $q$-binomial coefficient ${\left(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{m+n}{m}\right)}_q$ is a strictly unimodal polynomial in $q$ for $m,n\ge 8$, via the representation theory of the…