CAT(0) equivalence conjecture for polynomial space and the dual braid complex

Let \normalfont\textscPolydmt{{\normalfont\textsc{Poly}}}_d^{mt} be the space of all monic degree-dd complex polynomials up to translation with its stratified Euclidean metric, and let KdK_d be the dual braid complex with its orthoscheme metric. CAT(0) equivalence conjecture. The stratified Euclidean metric on \normalfont\textscPolydmt{{\normalfont\textsc{Poly}}}_d^{mt} is \normalfont\textscCAT(0){\normalfont\textsc{CAT}}(0) if and only if the orthoscheme metric on KdK_d is locally \normalfont\textscCAT(0){\normalfont\textsc{CAT}}(0). This conjecture would make the polynomial-space curvature conjecture equivalent to the local curvature conjecture for the dual braid complex; the source gives no resolution status.

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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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