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The Casas-Alvero conjecture for three recycled roots in degree 20

Algebraic Geometry 2023-08-29 v6

Abstract

The Casas-Alvero conjecture says that a degree nn complex univariate polynomial sharing a root with each of its derivative must have only one root. In this article we give three results. The first one, is that the number of possible counterexamples in normal form of degree pr+psp^r+p^s or pr+2psp^r+2p^s is finite (pp prime, r,sr,s positive integers). The second result is that a possible counterexample in normal form of degree pr+1p^r+1 has algebraic coefficients and the final result is that in degree 2020 there are no counterexamples with three recycled roots.

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@article{arxiv.1806.09561,
  title  = {The Casas-Alvero conjecture for three recycled roots in degree 20},
  author = {Cesar Massri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.09561},
  year   = {2023}
}