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

Let A={H1,,Hs}{\mathcal A}=\{H_1,\ldots,H_s\} be a generic collection of sn+1s\geq n+1 hyperplanes in Pn\mathbb P^n, with defining linear forms 1,,s\ell_1,\ldots,\ell_s. For 1cn1\leq c\leq n, let

Vc(A)=1j1<<jcsHj1HjcV_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,,xnM=\langle x_0,\ldots,x_n\rangle the homogeneous maximal ideal. Geramita–Harbourne–Migliore conjecture. For any m1m\geq 1 one has

I(Vc(A))m=I(Vc(A))(m)I(Vc+1(A))(2m)I(Vn(A))((nc+1)m)M(sc+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.

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

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