An invariant regarding Waring's problem for cubic polynomials

dc.creatorOttaviani, Giorgio
dc.date2007-12-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:49:32Z
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dc.descriptionWe compute the equation of the 7-secant variety to the Veronese variety (P^4,O(3)), its degree is 15. This is the last missing invariant in the Alexander-Hirschowitz classification. It gives the condition to express a homogeneous cubic polynomial in 5 variables as the sum of 7 cubes (Waring problem). The interesting side in the construction is that it comes from the determinant of a matrix of order 45 with linear entries, which is a cube. The same technique allows to express the classical Aronhold invariantof plane cubics as a pfaffian.
dc.description11 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2527
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2527
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/144331
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subject15A72; 14L35; 14M12; 14M20
dc.titleAn invariant regarding Waring's problem for cubic polynomials
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