Conjecture on free relations for symplectic matrix invariants in characteristic two

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Let pp be the characteristic of the ground field, let RS ⁣p(n)R^{S\!p(n)} be the invariant ring for n×nn\times n generic matrices under the symplectic group, and let K∞K_{\infty} denote the ideal of free relations, namely the intersection of the relation ideals KiK_i over all positive matrix sizes. Let N\mathcal{N} be the algebra of formal generators, and write a∼caTa\stackrel{c}{\sim}a^T when aa is cyclically equivalent to its transpose. Free-relations conjecture. If p=2p=2, then the ideal K∞K_{\infty} of free relations for RS ⁣p(n)R^{S\!p(n)} is generated by the elements σt(a)\sigma_t(a) for a∈Na\in\mathcal{N} satisfying a∼caTa\stackrel{c}{\sim}a^T and odd t>0t>0. The theorem preceding this conjecture establishes that free relations vanish for orthogonal and symplectic invariants when p≠2p\neq2; the characteristic-two case is presented as the remaining exceptional case, with the proposed generators described in the conjecture.

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A. A. Lopatin, “Free relations for matrix invariants in modular case”, arXiv:1011.5201 (2010).

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