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Combinatorics of generic 5-degree polynomials

Combinatorics 2024-05-20 v1

Abstract

We consider the space PP of generic complex 5-degree polynomials. Critical values of such polynomial, i.e. four points in the complex plane, either are vertices of a convex quadrangle QQ, or vertices of a triangle TT with one point inside TT. The inverse image of QQ is a tree-like connected structure of five ovals (a cactus). The inverse image of TT is also a cactus, but of four ovals. Transformations of cacti of the first type into cacti of the second type and vice versa allow one to represent the space PP as a ribbon bipartite graph of genus 3.

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@article{arxiv.2405.10594,
  title  = {Combinatorics of generic 5-degree polynomials},
  author = {Yury Kochetkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.10594},
  year   = {2024}
}

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4 pages, 10 figures

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