Bonanzinga–Eliahou conjecture on Gotzmann thresholds of powers of x2x_2

Let RnR_n be the polynomial ring in nn variables, and let τn(x2d)\tau_n(x_2^d) denote the Gotzmann threshold of the monomial x2dx_2^d. For n3n\geq 3, define the (n2)(n-2)-iterated binomial coefficient by

(((d2)2)2).\begin{pmatrix} \binom{\binom{d}{2}}{2}\\ \cdots\\ 2 \end{pmatrix}.

Bonanzinga–Eliahou's conjecture. For n3n\geq 3, the Gotzmann threshold τn(x2d)\tau_n(x_2^d) is a polynomial of degree 2n22^{n-2} in dd with the same dominant term as the (n2)(n-2)-iterated binomial coefficient above, namely

2(d/2)2n2.2(d/2)^{2^{n-2}}.

The conjecture predicts the leading growth of the Gotzmann thresholds in arbitrary numbers of variables from the formulas known for n{3,4,5}n\in\{3,4,5\}. Determining exact formulas for general monomials is described as difficult, while this asymptotic polynomial behavior remains the proposed problem.

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Trung Chau, “On Gotzmann thresholds and a conjecture of Bonanzinga and Eliahou”, arXiv:2512.14685 (2025).

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