The secant-syzygy conjecture for Veronese varieties

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Let vk(Pd)v_k(\mathbb{P}^d) be the kk-uple Veronese embedding of Pd\mathbb{P}^d, with d≥2d\geq2 and k≥3k\geq3, and let Σ\Sigma be its secant variety. Write Np,qN_{p,q} for the indicated syzygy property. Secant-syzygy conjecture. The secant variety Σ\Sigma satisfies

N3,3k−5.N_{3,3k-5}.

This is suggested by computations for v3(P2)v_3(\mathbb{P}^2) and v4(P2)v_4(\mathbb{P}^2), together with known cases for rational normal curves and the preceding conjecture on Veronese syzygies. The source gives no proof or resolution status.

References

Primary source

Peter Vermeire, “Arithmetic properties of the first secant variety to a projective variety”, arXiv:1010.2386 (2010).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2006–2010). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:math/0610081.

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