Gupta's three-set polynomial Sylvester–Gallai conjecture

Let RR, BB, and GG be finite disjoint sets of irreducible homogeneous polynomials in C[x1,,xn]\mathbb{C}[x_1,\ldots,x_n] of degree at most rr. Assume that for every pair Q1,Q2Q_1,Q_2 from distinct sets, there is a polynomial Q3Q_3 in the remaining set such that whenever Q1Q_1 and Q2Q_2 vanish, Q3Q_3 also vanishes; the polynomials are pairwise linearly independent as noted in the source.

Gupta's three-set polynomial Sylvester–Gallai conjecture. There is a function λ(r)\lambda(r) such that

trdegC(RBG)λ(r).\operatorname{trdeg}_{\mathbb{C}}(R\cup B\cup G)\leq\lambda(r).

For r=1r=1 this is the Edelstein–Kelly theorem. The source says the conjecture was open for degrees greater than one and proves the quadratic case, again with the stronger conclusion that the linear span has bounded dimension.

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Primary source

Amir Shpilka, “Sylvester-Gallai type theorems for quadratic polynomials”, arXiv:1904.06245 (2020).

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