Six-body Morse-polynomial conjecture

Consider the equal-mass planar six-body problem, with exponent AA, function ff, and Morse polynomial M(t)M(t); let P(t)P(t) be the Poincaré polynomial of the quotient configuration space. Six-body Morse-polynomial conjecture. For sufficiently large AA,

M(t)=384+1440t+2520t2+2520t3+1080t4=P(t)+(1+t)(383+1043t+1406t2+960t3),M(t)=384+1440t+2520t^2+2520t^3+1080t^4=P(t)+(1+t)(383+1043t+1406t^2+960t^3),

and for A=3A=3,

M(t)=384+840t+1080t2+960t3+360t4=P(t)+(1+t)(383+443t+566t2+240t3).M(t)=384+840t+1080t^2+960t^3+360t^4=P(t)+(1+t)(383+443t+566t^2+240t^3).

The claim is supported by numerical calculations and by independent fixed-point investigations, but the asserted Morse polynomials are not proved in the source.

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Primary source

Marshall Hampton, “Planar N-body central configurations with a homogeneous potential”, arXiv:1810.13011 (2019).

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