Trees with non log-concave independent set sequences

Abstract: We construct a family of trees with independence numbers going to infinity for which the log-concavity relation for the independent set sequence of a tree $T$ in the family fails at around $\alpha(T)\left(1-1/(16\log \alpha(T))\right)$. Here $\alpha(T)$ is the independence number of $T$. This resolves a conjecture of Kadrawi and Levit.