Weak real zero amalgamation conjecture for polynomials on two-element overlaps

Let E=E1E2E'=E_1'\cup E_2' be a finite set, and let E0=E1E2E_0'=E_1'\cap E_2' have two elements. For k=1,2k=1,2, let QkR[xiiEk]Q_k\in\mathbb{R}[x_i\mid i\in E_k'] be real zero polynomials. Suppose that

Q1xi=0for iE0=Q2xi=0for iE0.Q_1|_{x_i=0\,\text{for }i\notin E_0'}=Q_2|_{x_i=0\,\text{for }i\notin E_0'}.

Weak real zero amalgamation conjecture. There should be a real zero polynomial QR[xiiE]Q\in\mathbb{R}[x_i\mid i\in E'] such that, for k=1,2k=1,2,

Qk=Qxi=0for iEk.Q_k=Q|_{x_i=0\,\text{for }i\notin E_k'}.

This is presented as a more specific formulation of the real zero amalgamation conjecture, which the paper then disproves.

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Primary source

Mario Kummer and David Sawall, “Three results related to the half-plane property of matroids”, arXiv:2402.01272 (2024).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2023–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2305.07403.

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