Common-orbit conjecture for real polynomials under differential operators

Let Rn\mathcal{R}_{n} be the set of all monic real polynomials of degree nn, and let S\mathcal{S} be the semigroup of differential operators defined in the paper. For P1,P2RnP_{1},P_{2}\in\mathcal{R}_{n}, the conjecture concerns whether their S\mathcal{S}-orbits intersect.

Common-orbit conjecture. If P1,P2RnP_{1},P_{2}\in\mathcal{R}_{n}, then there exist differential operators Λ1,Λ2S\Lambda_{1},\Lambda_{2}\in\mathcal{S} such that

Λ1P1=Λ2P2.\Lambda_{1}P_{1}=\Lambda_{2}P_{2}.

This asserts that any two S\mathcal{S}-orbits in Rn\mathcal{R}_{n} have a non-empty intersection. The source presents it as a belief arising in its discussion of the semigroups S\mathcal{S} and S~\widetilde{\mathcal{S}}, with no resolution supplied.

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Julius Borcea and Boris Shapiro, “Hyperbolic polynomials and spectral order”, arXiv:math/0304145 (2003).

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