The secant-syzygy conjecture for Veronese varieties

Let vk(Pd)v_k(\mathbb{P}^d) be the kk-uple Veronese embedding of Pd\mathbb{P}^d, with d2d\geq2 and k3k\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

N3,3k5.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.

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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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