Homology of spaces of homogeneous polynomials in $R^2$ without multiple zeros (Q4486331)

Let \(HP_d\) be the space of homogeneous polynomials \({\mathbb{R}}^2 \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}\) of degree \(d\) and \(\Sigma _k\subset HP_d\) be the set of polynomials which vanish with a multiplicity \(k\geq 2\) on real straight lines. In this paper the homology of the space \(HP_d \smallsetminus \Sigma_k\) is obtained. In particular, it is shown, that at even \(d\) and \(k=2\) the space \(HP_d \smallsetminus \Sigma_k\) consists of \(d/2+2\) connected components two from which are contractible and another is homotopy-equivalent to circles. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0926.00021].