The line-finding conjecture for cubic surfaces
The line-finding conjecture for cubic surfaces
Let denote the moduli space of smooth cubic surfaces, and let denote the moduli space of smooth cubic surfaces together with specified lines. The resolvent degree measures the complexity of finding the lines on a general cubic surface. The line-finding conjecture.
This asserts that finding all lines, or even one line, on a general smooth cubic surface has resolvent degree exactly . The surrounding discussion gives the upper bound via classical constructions, while the required lower bound is part of the paper's study of lower bounds for resolvent degree.
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Primary source
Benson Farb and Jesse Wolfson, “Resolvent degree, Hilbert's 13th Problem and geometry”, arXiv:1803.04063 (2020).
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