The conjecture on real periodic points of Hermite polynomials

For each d1d\geq 1, define the Hermite polynomial by

Hd(z)=(1)dez2dddzdez2.H_d(z)=(-1)^d e^{z^2}\frac{\mathrm{d}^d}{\mathrm{d}z^d}e^{-z^2}.

Let Rd\mathscr{R}_d denote the set of real polynomials of degree dd having only real periodic points. Hermite polynomial conjecture. For any d1d\geq 1, the Hermite polynomial HdR[x]dH_d\in \mathbb{R}[x]_d has only real periodic points, that is, HdRdH_d\in \mathscr{R}_d. The conjecture is motivated by the verified cases d=3d=3 and d=4d=4 and by computer experiments; its general status is not resolved in the source.

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Khazhgali Kozhasov and Mario Kummer, “Rational functions with only real periodic points”, arXiv:2004.10003 (2020).

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