The maximal quadratic matrix equation conjecture in dimension three

Let AiA_i, BjB_j, CkC_k, DD, and FF be generic 3×33\times3 matrices, and let XM3(K)X\in\mathcal{M}_3(\overline{K}). Define

ψ(X)=A1XB1X+A2XB2X+XB3XC1+XB4XC2+XB5X.\psi(X)=A_1XB_1X+A_2XB_2X+XB_3XC_1+XB_4XC_2+XB_5X.

The maximal quadratic equation conjecture. The equation ψ(X)=03\psi(X)=0_3 has no nonzero solutions; equivalently, X=03X=0_3 has multiplicity 512512. Moreover, the equation

ψ(X)+DX+F=03\psi(X)+DX+F=0_3

has solution count and Galois group (512,S512)(512,S_{512}). Numerical experiments motivate both assertions, but the supplied text does not establish them.

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Gerald Bourgeois, “Nonsymmetric generic matrix equations”, arXiv:1304.2506 (2015).

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