Chiantini–Ottaviani–Vannieuwenhoven conjecture on generic identifiability of Segre varieties

Let SC=Seg(Cn1×Cn2××Cnd)CΠ\mathcal{S}_\mathbb{C}=\operatorname{Seg}(\mathbb{C}^{n_1}\times\mathbb{C}^{n_2}\times\cdots\times\mathbb{C}^{n_d})\subset\mathbb{C}^{\Pi} be a Segre variety with d3d\geq 3 and n1n2nd2n_1\geq n_2\geq\cdots\geq n_d\geq 2. A Segre variety is generically rr-identifiable if, outside a proper Zariski-closed exceptional set containing the lower-rank locus, every tensor in its rr-th secant variety has a unique rank-rr decomposition.

Chiantini–Ottaviani–Vannieuwenhoven conjecture. SC\mathcal{S}_\mathbb{C} is generically rr-identifiable if

r<ΠΣ+1,r<\frac{\Pi}{\Sigma+1},

unless (n1,n2,,nd)(n_1,n_2,\ldots,n_d) is one of (4,4,3)(4,4,3), (4,4,4)(4,4,4), (6,6,3)(6,6,3), (n,n,2,2)(n,n,2,2) with nNn\in\mathbb{N}, (2,2,2,2,2)(2,2,2,2,2), or satisfies

n1>k=2dnkk=2d(nk1).n_1>\prod_{k=2}^d n_k-\sum_{k=2}^d(n_k-1).

This conjecture aims to give a nearly complete picture of generic tensor identifiability over C\mathbb{C}, which is important for uniqueness and interpretation of tensor rank decompositions. The supplied text presents it as a conjecture but gives no explicit resolution status.

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Nick Vannieuwenhoven, “A condition number for the tensor rank decomposition”, arXiv:1604.00052 (2016).

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