The non-homaloidality conjecture for the generic Hankel determinant
Let be the polynomial ring containing the entries of the generic Hankel matrix . Hankel non-homaloidality conjecture. The determinant of is not homaloidal.
A homogeneous polynomial is homaloidal when its polar, or gradient, rational map is birational onto its image; thus the conjecture predicts that the Hankel determinant does not have this property. The source explains that an affirmative answer to the preceding conjecture would imply this claim via a stated criterion, and that the case is known affirmatively, while the general case is left open.
References
Primary source
Maral Mostafazadehfard and Aron Simis, “Homaloidal determinants”, arXiv:1407.8089 (2014).
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