Canonical representation conjecture for binary forms with a linear coefficient constraint

Let pp be a general binary form of even degree 2s2s, and let αj,βjC\alpha_j,\beta_j\in\mathbb{C} for 1js+11\leq j\leq s+1. Canonical representation conjecture. The form pp can be written as

p(x,y)=j=1s+1(αjx+βjy)2s,j=1s+1(αj+βj)=0.p(x,y)=\sum_{j=1}^{s+1}(\alpha_jx+\beta_jy)^{2s},\qquad \sum_{j=1}^{s+1}(\alpha_j+\beta_j)=0.

This is an alternative version of the preceding canonical-form construction; the source states that it can be verified up to degree 88, while the general assertion remains open.

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Bruce Reznick, “Some new canonical forms for polynomials”, arXiv:1203.5722 (2013).

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