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On the continuity of the solution map for polynomials

Functional Analysis 2024-10-03 v1 Algebraic Geometry Classical Analysis and ODEs Differential Geometry Metric Geometry

Abstract

In previous work, we proved that the continuous roots of a monic polynomial of degree dd whose coefficients depend in a Cd1,1C^{d-1,1} way on real parameters belong to the Sobolev space W1,qW^{1,q} for all 1q<d/(d1)1\le q<d/(d-1). This is optimal. We obtained uniform bounds that show that the solution map ``coefficients-to-roots'' is bounded with respect to the Cd1,1C^{d-1,1} and the Sobolev W1,qW^{1,q} structures on source and target space, respectively. In this paper, we prove that the solution map is continuous, provided that we consider the CdC^d structure on the space of coefficients. Since there is no canonical choice of an ordered dd-tuple of the roots, we work in the space of dd-valued Sobolev functions equipped with a strong notion of convergence. We also interpret the results in the Wasserstein space on the complex plane.

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@article{arxiv.2410.01326,
  title  = {On the continuity of the solution map for polynomials},
  author = {Adam Parusiński and Armin Rainer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.01326},
  year   = {2024}
}

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57 pages

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