The microbundle Thom-space conjecture for constrained polynomial spaces

Let Θ\Theta be a closed constraint, and let BdΘ\mathcal B_d^\Theta denote the corresponding space of degree-dd polynomials satisfying the constraint. Let Kd+2(Θ)\mathcal K_{d+2}(\Theta) be the subspace being collapsed in Bd+2Θ\mathcal B_{d+2}^\Theta. Microbundle Thom-space conjecture. For any closed Θ\Theta, the quotient

Bd+2Θ/,Kd+2(Θ)\mathcal B_{d+2}^\Theta\big/\\,\mathcal K_{d+2}(\Theta)

is the Thom space of an orientable topological 22-dimensional microbundle over BdΘ\mathcal B_d^\Theta.

If true, this would provide a better geometric understanding of the spaces used in the preceding homological stabilization argument. The supplied text gives no resolution, so the conjecture remains open.

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Gabriel Katz, Boris Shapiro and Volkmar Welker, “Spaces of polynomials with constrained real divisors, II. (Co)homology & stabilization”, arXiv:2112.15205 (2021).

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