O. Nguyen's intermediate real-root count conjecture for random polynomials
Let be an i.i.d. sequence of standard Gaussian random variables, and let
with a bounded sequence of real numbers. For , write for the number of real roots of .
O. Nguyen's conjecture. Given , there exists a bounded sequence of real numbers such that
This conjecture asks whether random polynomials with Gaussian coefficients can realize every intermediate power-law order of expected real roots between the logarithmic and linear regimes. The surrounding discussion cites known logarithmic, square-root, and linear-root regimes, but provides no resolution of the conjecture.
References
Primary source
Marcus Michelen and Sean O'Rourke, “On random polynomials with an intermediate number of real roots”, arXiv:2310.16966 (2024).
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