Minimal-prime classification conjecture for permanental ideals

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Let Mm,n=(xi,j)M_{m,n}=(x_{i,j}) be a generic m×nm\times n matrix over a field kk, and let Id(m,n)⊂k[xi,j]I_d(m,n)\subset k[x_{i,j}] be generated by the permanents of its d×dd\times d submatrices. A minimal prime containing Id(m,n)I_d(m,n) is expected, when char⁡k>d\operatorname{char} k>d or when char⁡k=0\operatorname{char} k=0 and n≥2d−1n\geq 2d-1, to contain either a column of Mm,nM_{m,n} or all (d−1)×(d−1)(d-1)\times(d-1) permanents formed from some m−1m-1 rows. Minimal-prime classification conjecture. If char⁡k>d\operatorname{char} k>d or char⁡k=0\operatorname{char} k=0 and n≥2d−1n\geq 2d-1, every minimal prime containing Id(m,n)I_d(m,n) must either contain a column of the generic matrix or the (d−1)×(d−1)(d-1)\times(d-1) permanents of some m−1m-1 rows. This conjecture proposes a structural classification of minimal primes over permanental ideals; the supplied text gives no resolution status beyond presenting it as a main conjecture.

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George Kirkup, “Minimal Primes Over Permanental Ideals”, arXiv:math/0510025 (2005).

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