Restriction conjecture for cubic forms of slice rank at most r

Let VV be a finite-dimensional vector space, let fS3Vf\in S^3V, and let EVE\subseteq V^* be a linear subspace. Write fEf|_E for the restriction of ff to EE, and let slrk(f)\mathrm{slrk}(f) denote the slice rank of ff. Restriction conjecture. A system of set-theoretic equations for σr(Rn,31)\sigma_r(\mathcal{R}^1_{n,3}) arises from restrictions to 2r+12r+1 variables. More precisely, the following statements are equivalent:

(i)slrk(f)r;(ii)for a generic EV with dimE2r+1, slrk(fE)r;(iii)for every EV with dimE2r+1, slrk(fE)r.\begin{array}{ll} \mathrm{(i)} & \mathrm{slrk}(f)\leq r;\\ \mathrm{(ii)} & \text{for a generic }E\subseteq V^*\text{ with }\dim E\leq 2r+1,\ \mathrm{slrk}(f|_E)\leq r;\\ \mathrm{(iii)} & \text{for every }E\subseteq V^*\text{ with }\dim E\leq 2r+1,\ \mathrm{slrk}(f|_E)\leq r. \end{array}

This would reduce the construction of set-theoretic equations for the secant variety σr(Rn,31)\sigma_r(\mathcal{R}^1_{n,3}) to restrictions to 2r+12r+1 variables, extending the analogous low-dimensional restriction results discussed in the paper. The source does not provide a resolution of the conjecture.

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Cosimo Flavi, Fulvio Gesmundo, Alessandro Oneto and Emanuele Ventura, “Polynomials of small slice rank and strength”, arXiv:2509.12322 (2025).

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