Geramita–Harbourne–Migliore conjecture on powers of star-configuration ideals

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Let A={H1,…,Hs}{\mathcal A}=\{H_1,\ldots,H_s\} be a generic collection of s≥n+1s\geq n+1 hyperplanes in Pn\mathbb P^n, with defining linear forms ℓ1,…,ℓs\ell_1,\ldots,\ell_s. For 1≤c≤n1\leq c\leq n, let

Vc(A)=⋃1≤j1<⋯<jc≤sHj1∩⋯∩HjcV_c({\mathcal A})=\bigcup_{1\leq j_1<\cdots<j_c\leq s}H_{j_1}\cap\cdots\cap H_{j_c}

be the star configuration of codimension cc, and let I(Vc(A))I(V_c({\mathcal A})) denote its defining ideal, I(Vc(A))(m)I(V_c({\mathcal A}))^{(m)} its mm-th symbolic power, and M=⟨x0,…,xn⟩M=\langle x_0,\ldots,x_n\rangle the homogeneous maximal ideal. Geramita–Harbourne–Migliore conjecture. For any m≥1m\geq 1 one has

I(Vc(A))m=I(Vc(A))(m)∩I(Vc+1(A))(2m)∩⋯∩I(Vn(A))((n−c+1)m)∩M(s−c+1)m.I(V_c({\mathcal A}))^m=I(V_c({\mathcal A}))^{(m)}\cap I(V_{c+1}({\mathcal A}))^{(2m)}\cap\cdots\cap I(V_n({\mathcal A}))^{((n-c+1)m)}\cap M^{(s-c+1)m}.

This conjecture describes ordinary powers of star-configuration ideals through symbolic powers of the nested star configurations and the maximal ideal. Its resolution is not established in the supplied text.

References

Primary source

Stefan Tohaneanu and Yu Xie, “On the Geramita-Harbourne-Migliore conjecture”, arXiv:1906.08346 (2019).

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