Iarrobino's generalised Nagata conjecture for equal fat points

Let (r,d)(r,d) be integers satisfying

d2,rmax(d+5,2d),d\geq2,\qquad r\geq\max(d+5,2^d),

and (r,d){(7,2),(8,2),(9,3)}(r,d)\notin\{(7,2),(8,2),(9,3)\}. Let l(d,δ,μr)l(d,\delta,\mu^r) denote the dimension of the space of homogeneous degree-δ\delta polynomials on Pd{\mathbb P}^d vanishing to order μ\mu at rr general points. Iarrobino's generalised Nagata conjecture. If

δ<rdμ,\delta<\sqrt[d]{r}\,\mu,

then l(d,δ,μr)=0l(d,\delta,\mu^r)=0. This extends Nagata's critical-degree prediction from the plane to higher-dimensional projective spaces. The source presents it as Iarrobino's conjecture and does not state a resolution.

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Primary source

Laurent Evain, “On the postulation of s^d fat points in P^d”, arXiv:math/0407144 (2004).

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