Power determinantal representation conjecture for real zero polynomials

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Let p∈R[x1,…,xn]p\in\mathbb{R}[x_1,\ldots,x_n] be a real zero polynomial if, for every x∈Rnx\in\mathbb{R}^n and μ∈C\mu\in\mathbb{C}, p(μx)=0p(\mu x)=0 implies that μ\mu is real. Suppose that p(0)=1p(0)=1. Power determinantal representation conjecture. There are symmetric matrices A1,…,AnA_1,\ldots,A_n and a positive integer NN such that

p(x1,…,xn)N=det⁡(I+x1A1+⋯+xnAn).p(x_1,\ldots,x_n)^N=\det(I+x_1A_1+\cdots+x_nA_n).

This is a relaxation of the Helton–Vinnikov conjecture, allowing a positive power of the polynomial. It is refuted in this paper using the nonrepresentability of the Vámos cube matroid, which has the half-plane property.

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Petter Brändén, “Obstructions to determinantal representability”, arXiv:1004.1382 (2010).

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