Monov's conjecture on moments of critical points of realizable lists

Let Λ={λ1,,λn}C\Lambda=\{\lambda_1,\dots,\lambda_n\}\subset\mathbb{C} with n2n\ge 2 be a list, let

p(z)=i=1n(zλi),p(z)=\prod_{i=1}^n(z-\lambda_i),

and let Λ={μ1,,μn1}\Lambda'=\{\mu_1,\dots,\mu_{n-1}\} be the list of zeros of pp'. A list is realizable if it is the spectrum of an entrywise nonnegative matrix, and write

sk(Λ)=i=1n1μik.s_k(\Lambda')=\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}\mu_i^k.

Monov's conjecture. If Λ\Lambda is realizable, then

sk(Λ)0for all kN.s_k(\Lambda')\ge 0\quad\text{for all }k\in\mathbb{N}.

The conjecture proposes an additional necessary condition for the nonnegative inverse eigenvalue problem, concerning the critical points of the characteristic polynomial of a realizable list. Its resolution is not indicated in the supplied text.

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Primary source

Sarah L Hoover, Daniel A. McCormick, Pietro Paparella and Amber R. Thrall, “On the realizability of the critical points of a realizable list”, arXiv:1712.05454 (2017).

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