Compatibility of Real-Rooted Polynomials with Mixed Signs

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Autori principali: Leake, Jonathan, Ryder, Nick
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author Leake, Jonathan
Ryder, Nick
author_facet Leake, Jonathan
Ryder, Nick
contents We characterize compatible families of real-rooted polynomials, allowing both positive and negative leading coefficients. Our characterization naturally generalizes the same-sign characterization used by Chudnovsky and Seymour in their famous 2007 paper proving the real-rootedness of independence polynomials of claw-free graphs, thus fully settling a question left open in their paper. Our methods are generally speaking elementary, utilizing mainly linear algebra and the established theory of interlacing polynomials, with a bit of invariant theory.
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spellingShingle Compatibility of Real-Rooted Polynomials with Mixed Signs
Leake, Jonathan
Ryder, Nick
Combinatorics
26C10, 05A20
We characterize compatible families of real-rooted polynomials, allowing both positive and negative leading coefficients. Our characterization naturally generalizes the same-sign characterization used by Chudnovsky and Seymour in their famous 2007 paper proving the real-rootedness of independence polynomials of claw-free graphs, thus fully settling a question left open in their paper. Our methods are generally speaking elementary, utilizing mainly linear algebra and the established theory of interlacing polynomials, with a bit of invariant theory.
title Compatibility of Real-Rooted Polynomials with Mixed Signs
topic Combinatorics
26C10, 05A20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.16226