Abstract
We give a proof for the fact that an irreducible hyperbolic polynomial has only one pair of hyperbolicity cones. Apart from the use of Bertini’s Theorem the proof is elementary.
Communicated by: C. Scheiderer
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Daniel Plaumann, who encouraged me to write this note, and Eli Shamovich and Victor Vinnikov for some comments.
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