Generalized Desargues configuration criterion for matrix degeneracy loci

Let A1,,Am+1A_1,\dots,A_{m+1} be linear operators on Rm{\mathbb R}^m, and let X{\mathcal X} be their degeneracy locus in Pm1(R){\mathbb P}^{m-1}({\mathbb R}). The locus has expected dimension m3m-3 and degree (m+12)\binom{m+1}{2}. Generalized Desargues configuration conjecture. The degeneracy locus X{\mathcal X} consists of (m+12)\binom{m+1}{2} (m3)(m-3)-dimensional linear subspaces with generalized Desargues configuration in Pm1(R){\mathbb P}^{m-1}({\mathbb R}) if and only if (A1,,Am+1)(A_1,\dots,A_{m+1}) are in the linear span of m+1m+1 fixed rank-one matrices. The preceding results establish the implication from membership in such a span to the generalized Desargues configuration, while the converse is stated as a conjecture here and its resolution is not indicated.

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Papri Dey and Dan Edidin, “Real degeneracy loci of matrices and phase retrieval”, arXiv:2105.14970 (2023).

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