Guan's conjecture on equations of secant varieties of Chow varieties

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Let X∈PW∗X\in \mathbb{P}W^* be an algebraic variety, let σr(X)\sigma_r(X) denote its rr-th secant variety, and let Iδ(Y)I_\delta(Y) denote the degree-δ\delta component of the ideal of a variety YY. For δ=kr+l\delta=kr+l with 0≤l<r0\leq l<r, choose δ⃗\vec{\delta} so that

δ1=⋯=δl=k+1,δl+1=⋯=δr=k.\delta_1=\cdots=\delta_l=k+1,\qquad \delta_{l+1}=\cdots=\delta_r=k.

Let Fδ1,δ2,…,δrF_{\delta_1,\delta_2,\ldots,\delta_r} and Aδ⃗,iA_{\vec{\delta},i} be the maps and subspaces defined in the paper. Guan's conjecture.

Iδ(σr(X))=Fδ1,δ2,…,δr−1(Aδ⃗,1+⋯+Aδ⃗,r).I_\delta(\sigma_r(X))=F_{\delta_1,\delta_2,\ldots,\delta_r}^{-1}(A_{\vec{\delta},1}+\cdots+A_{\vec{\delta},r}).

This conjecture proposes a uniform description of the degree-δ\delta equations of secant varieties using the maps arising from the paper's prolongation and polarization constructions. The supplied text gives no resolution, so the conjecture remains open.

References

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Yonghui Guan, “Equations for secant varieties of Chow varieties”, arXiv:1602.04275 (2016).

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