Strong Fröberg conjecture for Hilbert series of general ideals

Let S\mathcal{S} be the polynomial ring in n+1n+1 variables, and let f1,,fsf_1,\ldots,f_s be general forms of degrees d1,,dsd_1,\ldots,d_s. Set

I=(f1,,fs)S.I=(f_1,\ldots,f_s)\subseteq\mathcal{S}.

For a power series P=i0aitiP=\sum_{i\geq0}a_it^i, define coeffd(P)=ad\operatorname{coeff}_d(P)=a_d; define P\lceil P\rceil by retaining coefficients until the first negative coefficient and replacing all subsequent coefficients by zero. Strong Fröberg conjecture. For every integer d0d\geq0,

coeffd(HSS/I(t))=coeffd(i=1s(1tdi)(1t)n+1).\operatorname{coeff}_d\left(\mathrm{HS}_{\mathcal{S}/I}(t)\right)=\operatorname{coeff}_d\left(\left\lceil\frac{\prod_{i=1}^s(1-t^{d_i})}{(1-t)^{n+1}}\right\rceil\right).

The formula is known for complete intersections and several additional cases, including two and three variables and the first relevant degree, but remains open in general. The source attributes the conjecture to Fröberg (1985).

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Primary source

Arthur Bik and Alessandro Oneto, “On the strength of general polynomials”, arXiv:2005.08617 (2021).

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