Linear-eliminant ideal-membership conjecture for factor-analysis invariants
Let be the covariance matrix of a factor-analysis model. For , let be a linear eliminant, and let the off-diagonal -minors of generate an ideal.
Linear-eliminant membership conjecture. If , , and , then
is in the ideal generated by the off-diagonal -minors of .
This is proposed as the converse to a preceding non-membership proposition. It forms part of the paper's broader finiteness conjectures for the ideals , and the source provides no proof.
References
Primary source
Mathias Drton, Bernd Sturmfels and Seth Sullivant, “Algebraic Factor Analysis: Tetrads, Pentads and Beyond”, arXiv:math/0509390 (2006).
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