Degree bound conjecture for Bernstein–Sato polynomials of homogeneous polynomials

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Let P(x1,…,xn)≢0P(x_1,\ldots,x_n)\not\equiv0 be a homogeneous polynomial in nn variables with coefficients in a field KK of characteristic 00, and let b(s)b(s) be its Bernstein–Sato polynomial. Degree bound conjecture. One has

deg⁡b≥deg⁡P.\deg b\geq\deg P.

This would give a general lower bound on the degree of a Bernstein–Sato polynomial in the homogeneous case. The paper notes that the bound can fail for nonhomogeneous polynomials and that examples with deg⁡b>deg⁡P\deg b>\deg P exist even for homogeneous polynomials, but reports no counterexample to the conjecture.

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Sergio Caracciolo, Alan D. Sokal and Andrea Sportiello, “Algebraic/combinatorial proofs of Cayley-type identities for derivatives of determinants and pfaffians”, arXiv:1105.6270 (2012).

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