Conjecture on the real rank boundary of ternary quartics

Let ff be a ternary quartic, let C(f)C(f) be its middle catalecticant, and let disc(f)\operatorname{disc}(f) and Bdisc(f)\operatorname{Bdisc}(f) denote respectively the discriminant and the Blekherman discriminant. Let alg(R4)\partial_{\rm alg}(\mathcal{R}_4) be the algebraic real rank boundary in P14\mathbb{P}^{14}. Quartic real rank boundary conjecture. The boundary is a reducible hypersurface of degree

84=6+27+51,84=6+27+51,

with three irreducible components, and algebraically

alg(R4)=det(C(f))disc(f)Bdisc(f).\partial_{\rm alg}(\mathcal{R}_4)=\operatorname{det}(C(f))\cdot\operatorname{disc}(f)\cdot\operatorname{Bdisc}(f).

This conjecture identifies the three expected boundary components: the catalecticant determinant, the discriminant, and the Blekherman discriminant. The source gives no resolution status.

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Mateusz Michałek, Hyunsuk Moon, Bernd Sturmfels and Emanuele Ventura, “Real Rank Geometry of Ternary Forms”, arXiv:1601.06574 (2016).

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