The powers-of-generic-forms conjecture for equal degrees

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Let R=C[x1,…,xn]R=\mathbb{C}[x_1,\ldots,x_n], with g1,…,gkg_1,\ldots,g_k generic forms of degree d≥2d\geq2, and let m∈Nm\in\mathbb{N}. Set

I=(g1m,g2m,…,gkm).I=(g_1^m,g_2^m,\ldots,g_k^m).

For a power series F(t)F(t), write ⌈F(t)⌉\lceil F(t)\rceil for its truncation at the first nonpositive coefficient. The powers-of-generic-forms conjecture.

HR/I(t)=⌈(1−tmd)k(1−t)n⌉.H_{R/I}(t)=\left\lceil\frac{(1-t^{md})^k}{(1-t)^n}\right\rceil.

This asserts that powers of generic degree-dd forms have the Hilbert series predicted for kk generic forms of degree mdmd. The source presents this as motivated by computational simplicity and does not report a resolution.

References

Primary source

Lisa Nicklasson, “On the Hilbert series of ideals generated by generic forms”, arXiv:1502.06762 (2015).

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