Conjecture on minors of the cubic discriminant matrix over singularity loci

Let MM be the matrix whose determinantal rank loci are denoted by VkV_k, and let NkN_k denote the locus of cubic surfaces with kk singularities. For each kk, consider the minors of size 20k+120-k+1. Conjecture on the minors of MM. For 1k41\leq k\leq4, the (20k+1)×(20k+1)(20-k+1)\times(20-k+1) minors of MM vanish on NkN_k. This pattern is suggested by the verified case of binodal cubic surfaces in normal form, but the assertion for the stated range is not established in the supplied text.

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Dominic Bunnett and Hanieh Keneshlou, “Determinantal representations of the cubic discriminant”, arXiv:1909.05579 (2019).

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