The generalized polynomial Wronskian conjecture

Let P1,,PmP_1,\dots,P_m be mm polynomials of arbitrary degrees 0d1,,dmm10\leq d_1,\dots,d_m\leq m-1 in (F[α1,,αn])[α](\mathbb{F}[\alpha_1,\dots,\alpha_n])[\alpha]. Define

W(P1,,Pm)det((Cj,i)i,j[m]),W(P_1,\dots,P_m)\triangleq\det((C_{j,i})_{i,j\in[m]}),

where Pi(α)=j[m]Ci,jαj1P_i(\alpha)=\sum_{j\in[m]}C_{i,j}\alpha^{j-1}, and say that a set has the generalized rectangular property (GRP) if, for some 1<km1<k\leq m and 0lmk0\leq l\leq m-k, at least kk polynomials of degrees at most ml1m-l-1 have at least mkl+1m-k-l+1 common roots. Generalized polynomial Wronskian conjecture. If W(P1,,Pm)0W(P_1,\dots,P_m)\equiv0, then {P1,,Pm}\{P_1,\dots,P_m\} has GRP. This generalizes the equal-degree formulation and is equivalent to a generalized TM-MDS conjecture; its resolution status was not given in the source.

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Anoosheh Heidarzadeh and Alex Sprintson, “An Algebraic-Combinatorial Proof Technique for the GM-MDS Conjecture”, arXiv:1702.01734 (2017).

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