Iarrobino's strengthened generalised Nagata conjecture for equal fat points

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

d≥2,r≥max⁡(d+5,2d),d\geq2,\qquad r\geq\max(d+5,2^d),

and (r,d)∉{(7,2),(8,2),(9,2),(8,3),(9,3)}(r,d)\notin\{(7,2),(8,2),(9,2),(8,3),(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 strengthened conjecture. If

δ≤rd μ,\delta\leq\sqrt[d]{r}\,\mu,

then l(d,δ,μr)=0l(d,\delta,\mu^r)=0. This version strengthens the preceding formulation by including the equality case, while excluding the exceptional pairs that would contradict it. The source gives no evidence that the conjecture has been resolved.

References

Primary source

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

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