Veronese-surface Betti-table conjecture

Let XdΣX_{d\Sigma} be the dd-fold Veronese surface, with Σ=conv{(0,0),(1,0),(0,1)}\Sigma=\operatorname{conv}\{(0,0),(1,0),(0,1)\}, and let bib_i and cic_i denote the entries on the linear and quadratic strands of its graded Betti table. Write

N(dΣ)(1)=(dΣ)(1)Z2=(d1)(d2)2.N_{(d\Sigma)^{(1)}}=\left|(d\Sigma)^{(1)}\cap\mathbb{Z}^2\right|=\frac{(d-1)(d-2)}{2}.

Veronese-surface Betti-table conjecture. If d2d\geq2, then the last non-zero entry on the linear strand is

bd(d+1)/2=d3(d21)8,b_{d(d+1)/2}=\frac{d^3(d^2-1)}{8},

while if d3d\geq3, the first non-zero entry on the quadratic strand is

cg=(N(dΣ)(1)+89).c_g=\binom{N_{(d\Sigma)^{(1)}}+8}{9}.

These formulas make precise the expected pattern in the graded Betti tables of Veronese surfaces; the source presents them as an extrapolation from computed data, and no resolution is supplied here.

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Wouter Castryck, Filip Cools, Jeroen Demeyer and Alexander Lemmens, “Computing graded Betti tables of toric surfaces”, arXiv:1606.08181 (2016).

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