Boris Shapiro's total reality conjecture for convex curves
Let be a convex curve, meaning that any distinct points along are linearly independent. Let be distinct real numbers, and for each let be the osculating -plane to at . Boris Shapiro's total reality conjecture for convex curves. There are exactly \mathsf{f}^{{\mathchoice% {\scalebox{1.35}{\raisebox{-0.02em}{\sqsubset!!\sqsupset}}} {\scalebox{1.35}{\raisebox{-0.02em}{\sqsubset!!\sqsupset}}} {\sqsubset\!\!\sqsupset} {\sqsubset\!\!\sqsupset} }} distinct solutions to the corresponding Schubert problem, with \nu={\mathchoice% {\scalebox{1.35}{\raisebox{-0.02em}{\sqsubset!!\sqsupset}}} {\scalebox{1.35}{\raisebox{-0.02em}{\sqsubset!!\sqsupset}}} {\sqsubset\!\!\sqsupset} {\sqsubset\!\!\sqsupset} }, and all solutions are real. This generalizes the Shapiro–Shapiro conjecture from the moment curve to arbitrary convex curves; the supplied text does not state its resolution.
References
Primary source
Steven N. Karp and Kevin Purbhoo, “Universal Plücker coordinates for the Wronski map and positivity in real Schubert calculus”, arXiv:2309.04645 (2026).
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