The minimal-generation conjecture for rigid multiview ideals

Let A=(A1,,An)A=(A_1,\ldots,A_n) be a generic configuration of nn cameras, and let JAJ_A denote its rigid multiview ideal. The displayed degree classes record the multidegrees of the generators, with a class such as (110..000..)(110..000..) indicating the corresponding multidegree in the Zn\mathbb{Z}^n-grading.

Minimal-generation conjecture. The rigid multiview ideal JAJ_A is minimally generated by

49n623n5+136n4+12n3+136n213n\frac{4}{9}n^6-\frac{2}{3}n^5+\frac{1}{36}n^4+\frac{1}{2}n^3+\frac{1}{36}n^2-\frac{1}{3}n

polynomials. These polynomials come from two triples of cameras, and the numbers in the eight degree classes are

(110..000..):12(n2)(220..111..):32(n2)(n3)(220..220..):9(n2)2(211..211..):n2(n12)2(111..000..):2(n3)(211..111..):2n(n12)(n3)(220..211..):6n(n2)(n12)(111..111..):(n3)2.\begin{array}{rlrl} (110..000..):&1\cdot 2\binom{n}{2} &(220..111..):&3\cdot 2\binom{n}{2}\binom{n}{3}\\ (220..220..):&9\cdot\binom{n}{2}^2 &(211..211..):&n^2\binom{n-1}{2}^2\\ (111..000..):&2\binom{n}{3} &(211..111..):&2n\binom{n-1}{2}\binom{n}{3}\\ (220..211..):&6n\binom{n}{2}\binom{n-1}{2} &(111..111..):&\binom{n}{3}^2. \end{array}

This conjecture extends the explicitly verified n=2n=2 case and predicts the minimal generators for arbitrary numbers of cameras; the source gives no proof or resolution for n3n\geq3.

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Primary source

Michael Joswig, Joe Kileel, Bernd Sturmfels and André Wagner, “Rigid Multiview Varieties”, arXiv:1509.03257 (2016).

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