The residue-class description of order-two kinematic varieties

Let dd and nn be positive integers, and let Kd,n(2)\mathcal{K}^{(2)}_{d,n} denote the kinematic variety of order-two spinor brackets, represented by an n×nn\times n matrix. Write d/2\lfloor d/2\rfloor for the integer part of d/2d/2.

The residue-class description. For d0,1,6,7(mod8)d \equiv 0,1,6,7 \pmod{8}, the kinematic variety Kd,n(2)\mathcal{K}^{(2)}_{d,n} consists of all symmetric n×nn\times n matrices with zero diagonal and rank at most 2d/22^{\lfloor d/2\rfloor}. For d2,3,4,5(mod8)d \equiv 2,3,4,5 \pmod{8}, Kd,n(2)\mathcal{K}^{(2)}_{d,n} is the variety of skew-symmetric n×nn\times n matrices of rank at most 2d/22^{\lfloor d/2\rfloor}.

This would give a uniform description of the order-two kinematic varieties in every spacetime dimension, extending the explicitly established low-dimensional cases. The supplied text does not state whether the claim has been proved or remains open.

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Smita Rajan, Svala Sverrisdóttir and Bernd Sturmfels, “Kinematic Varieties for Massless Particles”, arXiv:2408.16711 (2024).

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