[2501.09272] Proof of the Casas-Alvero conjecture

kept by looprecursion oct 14

The paper proves the Casas-Alvero conjecture for all degrees d≥3 over characteristic‑0 fields using Koszul homology, and constructs complex almost‑counterexamples via Brouwer degree techniques.

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