Conjecture on spectral numbers and spectral pairs for triangular matrices

Let T(n,R)T(n,\mathbb R) be the space of upper triangular matrices under consideration. A Seifert form stratum is a union of components of a fiber of the map to isomorphism classes of Seifert form pairs, and an eigenvalue stratum is a union of components of a fiber of the map to unordered monodromy eigenvalues, with components permuted transitively by the sign group. For ST(n,R)S\in T(n,\mathbb R), write Sp(S)\operatorname{Sp}(S) for its spectral numbers and Spp(S)\operatorname{Spp}(S) for its spectral pairs. Spectral-strata conjecture. (a) THOR1(n,R)T_{{\rm HOR}1}(n,\mathbb R) intersects each eigenvalue stratum in T(n,R)T(n,\mathbb R). (b) If S1,S2k=1,2THORk(n,R)S_1,S_2\in\bigcup_{k=1,2}T_{{\rm HOR}k}(n,\mathbb R) lie in the same eigenvalue stratum, then Sp(S1)=Sp(S2)\operatorname{Sp}(S_1)=\operatorname{Sp}(S_2). (c) If S1,S2k=1,2THORk(n,R)S_1,S_2\in\bigcup_{k=1,2}T_{{\rm HOR}k}(n,\mathbb R) lie in the same Seifert form stratum, then Spp(S1)=Spp(S2)\operatorname{Spp}(S_1)=\operatorname{Spp}(S_2). If true, these assertions would extend spectral numbers and spectral pairs from HOR-matrices to the relevant strata of the full triangular-matrix space; the source gives no resolution.

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Sven Balnojan and Claus Hertling, “Conjectures on spectral numbers for upper triangular matrices and for singularities”, arXiv:1712.00388 (2017).

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