Uniqueness conjecture for nice forms of homogeneous polynomials

Let p:RnRp:\mathbb R^n\to\mathbb R be a homogeneous polynomial of degree dd. It is in nice form if

p(x)=i(1)ϵixid+q(x),p(x)=\sum_i(-1)^{\epsilon_i}x_i^d+q(x),

where q(x)q(x) has no terms of the form xidx_i^d or xid1xjx_i^{d-1}x_j, and it is nice if a linear coordinate change brings it to nice form. A polynomial is nonsingular when its associated projective hypersurface is nonsingular.

Uniqueness conjecture. Every nonsingular homogeneous polynomial is nice. For degree greater than 22, there is precisely one choice of coordinates in which a nice polynomial reaches nice form, up to permutation of coordinates and, if the degree is even, switching signs of coordinates.

This proposes a normal-form and uniqueness statement for nonsingular homogeneous polynomials; the supplied source does not indicate whether it has been resolved.

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Benjamin McKay, “Lagrangian submanifolds in affine symplectic geometry”, arXiv:math/0508118 (2005).

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