Sturmfels–Zworski conjecture on cyclic resultants of reciprocal polynomials

Let KK be the coefficient field, and let f(x)K[x]f(x)\in K[x] be a reciprocal monic polynomial of even degree dd, meaning that f(1/x)=xdf(x)f(1/x)=x^d f(x). Its cyclic resultants are the associated sequence of resultants. Sturmfels–Zworski conjecture. A reciprocal monic polynomial f(x)K[x]f(x)\in K[x] of even degree dd is determined by its first d/2+1d/2+1 cyclic resultants. The conjecture concerns the amount of period or resultant data needed to reconstruct reciprocal polynomials. The paper notes progress for a special class arising from zeta functions of curves over finite fields, but the stated conjecture remains open in general.

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Christopher J. Hillar and Lionel Levine, “Polynomial recurrences and cyclic resultants”, arXiv:math/0411414 (2006).

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