Lex or RevLex minimality conjecture for degree-two subalgebras

Let k[x1,,xn]\mathbb{k}[x_1,\ldots,x_n] be a polynomial ring. For a positive integer uu with (n2)<u(n+12)\binom{n}{2}<u\leq\binom{n+1}{2}, let Lex(u)\operatorname{Lex}(u) and RevLex(u)\operatorname{RevLex}(u) be the sets of the uu greatest degree-two monomials in the Lex and RevLex orders. Lex or RevLex minimality conjecture. One of the algebras

k[Lex(u)]ork[RevLex(u)]\mathbb{k}[\operatorname{Lex}(u)]\quad\text{or}\quad\mathbb{k}[\operatorname{RevLex}(u)]

has the minimal Hilbert function among subalgebras of k[x1,,xn]\mathbb{k}[x_1,\ldots,x_n] generated by uu forms of degree two. In the supplied text, this assertion is stated as proved by a computation of multiplicities in Mathematica, so its database status is solved rather than open.

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Lisa Nicklasson, “Subalgebras generated in degree two with minimal Hilbert function”, arXiv:1911.11038 (2020).

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