The indecomposability criterion for the n/dn/d-conjecture

Let fSymd((Cn))f\in\operatorname{Sym}^{d}((\mathbb{C}^{n})^{*}) be a homogeneous polynomial of degree dd in nn variables. For a decomposition (Cn)=W1W2(\mathbb{C}^{n})^{*}=W_{1}\oplus W_{2} and an integer kk with 0kd0\leq k\leq d, consider the natural multiplication map

Symk(W1)Symdk(W2)Symd((Cn)).\operatorname{Sym}^{k}(W_{1})\otimes\operatorname{Sym}^{d-k}(W_{2})\longrightarrow\operatorname{Sym}^{d}((\mathbb{C}^{n})^{*}).

The indecomposability criterion for the n/dn/d-conjecture. If, for every nontrivial decomposition (Cn)=W1W2(\mathbb{C}^{n})^{*}=W_{1}\oplus W_{2} and every integer 0kd0\leq k\leq d satisfying nkddimW1nk\neq d\,\dim W_{1}, the polynomial ff does not belong to the image of this map, then nd-\frac{n}{d} is a root of the local Bernstein–Sato polynomial bf,0(s)b_{f,0}(s).

This proposes a representation-theoretic condition under which the distinguished value n/d-n/d occurs as a Bernstein–Sato root. The source presents it as a new conjecture, and no resolution is supplied.

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Baiting Xie and Chenglong Yu, “TheN/D-Conjecture for Nonresonant Hyperplane Arrangements”, arXiv:2501.05189 (2026).

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