Value-variety decomposition conjecture for multisymmetric isotypic Hilbert series

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Let K[X1,…,Xk]K[X^1,\dots,X^k] be the polynomial ring in kk sets of countably many variables, with Sym⁡(∞)\operatorname{Sym}(\infty) permuting the indices. Let I⊂K[X1,…,Xk]I\subset K[X^1,\dots,X^k] be a homogeneous Sym⁡(∞)\operatorname{Sym}(\infty)-invariant ideal. For a point p=(pi)i≥1∈V(I)(K‾)p=(p_i)_{i\ge1}\in V(I)(\overline K), let Vp⊆AK‾kV_p\subseteq\mathbb{A}^k_{\overline K} be the Zariski closure of the set of values {pi∣i≥1}\{p_i\mid i\ge1\}, called its value variety, and set

dim⁡V(I):=sup⁡pdim⁡Vp.\dim V(I):=\sup_p\dim V_p.

For d≥0d\ge0, define

Pd(t):=∏m≥1(1−tm)−(m+d−1d−1),P_d(t):=\prod_{m\ge1}(1-t^m)^{-\binom{m+d-1}{d-1}},

with P0=1P_0=1. Value-variety decomposition conjecture. For every partition μ\mu,

Hμ(K[X1,…,Xk]/I;t)=∑jRj(t)∏iPdji(t),H^{\mu}\bigl(K[X^1,\dots,X^k]/I;t\bigr)=\sum_j R_j(t)\prod_i P_{d_{ji}}(t),

where Rj(t)∈Q(t)R_j(t)\in\mathbb{Q}(t) and each dji≥1d_{ji}\ge1 is the dimension of a positive-dimensional component of a value variety of V(I)V(I). In particular, HμH^\mu is rational for every μ\mu if and only if dim⁡V(I)=0\dim V(I)=0. This conjectural description would relate the transcendental factors in the Hilbert series to the dimensions of value varieties; the preceding examples support this picture, but the general decomposition and its rationality criterion remain unproved.

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Henri Breloer and Cordian Riener, “Symmetric and Isotypic Hilbert Series for Symmetric Ideals”, arXiv:2606.18895 (2026).

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