The BMV conjecture

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Let AA and BB be positive definite matrices, and let nn be a positive integer. The BMV conjecture. The polynomial in tt

trace(I+(A+tB)n)\operatorname{trace}\bigl(I+(A+tB)^n\bigr)

has all positive coefficients. The source presents this as the Bessis--Moussa--Villani conjecture in the reformulation of Lieb and Seiringer; no resolution is supplied in the cited passage.

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Primary source

Steve Fisk, “Polynomials, roots, and interlacing”, arXiv:math/0612833 (2008).

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