Non-closedness conjecture for symmetric tensors of bounded symmetric rank

Let Yr\mathcal{Y}_{r} be the set of symmetric tensors of symmetric rank at most rr, and let Yr\overline{\mathcal{Y}}_{r} denote its closure. Let RSR_{\mathsf{S}} be the maximum symmetric rank for order-kk symmetric tensors in Cn\mathbb{C}^{n}. Non-closedness conjecture. Assume k>2k>2 and n2n\geq2. Then

YrYr\mathcal{Y}_{r} \neq \overline{\mathcal{Y}}_{r}

for any rr such that 1<r<RS1<r<R_{\mathsf{S}}. This strengthens the preceding propositions, which establish non-closedness when RS<rR_{\mathsf{S}}<r or when 1<rn1<r\leq n; the intermediate range n<r<RSn<r<R_{\mathsf{S}} is conjectured to behave likewise.

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Pierre Comon, Gene Golub, Lek-Heng Lim and Bernard Mourrain, “Symmetric tensors and symmetric tensor rank”, arXiv:0802.1681 (2008).

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