Real separability conjecture for elliptic inflection polynomials

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Let f=x(x−1)(x−λ)f=x(x-1)(x-\lambda) be the Legendre cubic with three distinct real roots, so λ∈R∖{0,1}\lambda\in\mathbb{R}\setminus\{0,1\}. For each pair of indices μ,k\mu,k considered in the paper, let Pμ,k(x,λ)P_{\mu,k}(x,\lambda) be the corresponding inflection polynomial. Real separability conjecture. For every fixed real value of λ\lambda, Pμ,kP_{\mu,k} has only simple roots in xx away from {0,1}\{0,1\}. This would imply that each real zero x=γx=\gamma lifts to either two or zero real points of the inflectionary curve, according to the sign of Pμ,k(γ,λ)P_{\mu,k}(\gamma,\lambda).

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Ethan Cotterill and Cristhian Garay López, “Inflection divisors of linear series on an elliptic curve”, arXiv:1903.03222 (2020).

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