Converse to the parking-function criterion for strongly common radical solutions

Let μ=(μ1μ2μr)\mu=(\mu_1\geq\mu_2\geq\dots\geq\mu_r) be a partition. It admits a strongly common radical solution if, for some integer mm, a common radical solution exists for any choice of rr distinct roots. For a permutation π\pi of μ\mu, write (πμ)i(\pi\circ\mu)_i for the ii-th entry of the resulting partition, and let μ|\mu| denote the sum of the parts. Converse to the parking-function criterion. A necessary and sufficient condition for μ\mu to admit a strongly common radical solution is that there exists a sequence {a1,,ar}\{a_1,\ldots,a_r\} of positive integers such that the number of different permutations π\pi of μ\mu satisfying (πμ)iai(\pi\circ\mu)_i\geq a_i is at least

μi=1rai+2.|\mu|-\sum_{i=1}^r a_i+2.

This is presented as the converse to the sufficient condition in the preceding theorem; the source describes the claim as strongly suspected and discusses it among open problems, with only special cases currently handled.

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Gleb Nenashev, Boris Shapiro and Michael Shapiro, “Secant degeneracy index of the standard strata in the space of binary forms”, arXiv:1612.08651 (2017).

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