The bounded-chamber conjecture for signed reduced A-discriminants of bivariate 5-nomials

Let (A,ε)(\mathcal{A},\varepsilon) be the signed support of a bivariate 55-nomial and let

ξˉB,ε ⁣:{μRsign(B[μ1])=ε}R2\bar{\xi}_{B,\varepsilon}\colon \{ \mu \in \mathbb{R} \mid \operatorname{sign}(B \begin{bmatrix}\mu \\ 1 \end{bmatrix}) = \varepsilon \} \to \mathbb{R}^2

be the parametrization map of Γε(A,B)\Gamma_\varepsilon(A,B) as defined in the paper. If ξˉB,ε\bar{\xi}_{B,\varepsilon} has two critical points, then the complement of Γε(A,B)\Gamma_\varepsilon(A,B) has a bounded connected component.

Bounded-chamber conjecture. Whenever the parametrization map has two critical points, the complement of the signed reduced AA-discriminant contains a bounded connected component.

The conjecture records the pattern observed in experiments for bivariate 55-nomials. The paper states that no proof or counterexample is known.

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Weixun Deng, J. Maurice Rojas and Máté L. Telek, “Viro's patchworking and the signed reduced A-discriminant”, arXiv:2403.08497 (2025).

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