Reality conjecture for the roots of the polynomial S in Cayley conditions

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Let

R(x)=x∏i=12n−1(x−γi),R(x)=x\prod_{i=1}^{2n-1}(x-\gamma_i),

where 0<γ2n−1<⋯<γ10<\gamma_{2n-1}<\cdots<\gamma_1, and let S(x),P(x)∈R[x]S(x),P(x)\in\mathbb{R}[x] satisfy the relation

S(x)2R(x)=P(x)(P(x)−P(0)),S(x)^2R(x)=P(x)(P(x)-P(0)),

with P(0)≠0P(0)\neq 0. Reality conjecture for SS. The polynomial S(x)S(x) has only real roots.

The claim concerns the expected real-rootedness of the auxiliary polynomial arising in the algebraic formulation of Cayley conditions. The source gives theoretical evidence and proves the conclusion when m≤n+3m\leq n+3, but leaves the general assertion unproved.

References

Primary source

Rafael Ramirez-Ros, “On Cayley conditions for billiards inside ellipsoids”, arXiv:1211.6557 (2012).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2006–2012). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:hep-th/0602093.

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