Constraints on hypothetical counterexamples to the Casas-Alvero conjecture

arXiv1204.0450MaRDI QIDQ6232044FDOQ6232044

Publication date: 2 April 2012

Abstract: The Casas-Alvero conjecture states: if a complex univariate polynomial has a common root with each of its derivatives, then it has a unique root. We show that hypothetical counterexamples must have at least 5 different roots. The first case where the conjecture is not known is in degree 12. We study the case of degree 12, and more generally degree p+1, where p is a prime number. While we don't come closing to solving the conjecture in degree 12, we present several further constraints that counterexamples would have to satisfy.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Zeros of polynomials, rational functions, and other analytic functions of one complex variable (e.g., zeros of functions with bounded Dirichlet integral) (30C15) Miscellaneous topics of analysis in the complex plane (30E99) Real and complex fields (12D99)

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