Minor flattening conjecture for Hilbert-scheme tangent spaces

Let C[x1,,xd]R\mathbb{C}[x_1,\dots,x_d]\twoheadrightarrow R be a surjection to an nn-dimensional Gorenstein algebra RR, let [R][R] be the corresponding point of HilbnCd\operatorname{Hilb}_n\mathbb{C}^d, and let TT be the structure tensor of RR.

\rankΦM,3C(T)(n3)=dndimT[R]HilbnCd.\rank\Phi_{\mathrm M,3}^C(T) - \binom{n}{3} = dn - \dim\operatorname{T}_{[R]}\operatorname{Hilb}_n\mathbb{C}^d.

Minor flattening conjecture. The displayed equality holds.

This conjecture proposes that the excess rank of the third minor flattening measures the excess dimension of the Hilbert-scheme tangent space at the corresponding Gorenstein algebra. The source gives computational evidence but no resolution.

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Matěj Doležálek and Mateusz Michałek, “Nonlinear methods for tensors: determinantal equations for secant varieties beyond cactus”, arXiv:2602.12762 (2026).

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