The multiplicative Thom–Sebastiani conjecture for Bernstein–Sato roots of ideals

Let aC[x]\mathfrak a\subseteq\mathbb C[\bm x] and bC[y]\mathfrak b\subseteq\mathbb C[\bm y] be non-zero ideals. Let WaW_{\mathfrak a} and WbW_{\mathfrak b} denote the sets of roots of their Bernstein–Sato polynomials, without counting multiplicity, and let ab\mathfrak a\mathfrak b be their product ideal.

Multiplicative Thom–Sebastiani conjecture. One has

WaWbWab.W_{\mathfrak a}\cup W_{\mathfrak b}\subseteq W_{\mathfrak a\mathfrak b}.

Moreover,

WaWb=WabmodZ.W_{\mathfrak a}\cup W_{\mathfrak b}=W_{\mathfrak a\mathfrak b}\mod \mathbb Z.

The conjecture extends the inclusion and congruence modulo Z\mathbb Z proved in the source for non-zero monomial ideals to arbitrary non-zero ideals. Its resolution status is not specified.

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Primary source

Quan Shi and Huaiqing Zuo, “On the Tensor Property of Bernstein-Sato Polynomial”, arXiv:2406.04121 (2024).

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