CAT(0) conjecture for the stratified Euclidean metric on polynomial space

Let \normalfont\textscPolydmt{{\normalfont\textsc{Poly}}}_d^{mt} be the space of all monic degree-dd complex polynomials up to translation, equipped with its stratified Euclidean metric. CAT(0) conjecture. The metric on \normalfont\textscPolydmt{{\normalfont\textsc{Poly}}}_d^{mt} is \normalfont\textscCAT(0){\normalfont\textsc{CAT}}(0). This would give nonpositive curvature for a natural piecewise Euclidean metric on polynomial space and, for each fixed dd, would imply the corresponding local \normalfont\textscCAT(0){\normalfont\textsc{CAT}}(0) property of the dual braid complex and the \normalfont\textscCAT(0){\normalfont\textsc{CAT}}(0) property of the dd-strand braid group. Its general status is not specified in the source.

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Michael Dougherty and Jon McCammond, “Geometric Combinatorics of Polynomials II: Polynomials and Cell Structures”, arXiv:2410.03047 (2024).

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