Extensions of planar GC sets and Syzygy matrices (Q2000490)

The authors study ordinary Lagrange interpolation in the space \(\mathbb{R}^k\ (k\geq 1)\). The concepts \(P\)-\textit{correct}, \(GC_n\) sets and \textit{maximal lines} in the set of nodes play a role. {Definition 1.1.} A finite set of nodes \(X\subset\mathbb{R}^k\) is \(P_n\)-correct if the Lagrange interpolation problem on \(X\) has in \(P_n\) (the space of polynomials of total degree \(\leq n\)). {Definition 2.2.} Let \(X\subset\mathbb{R}^2\) be a \(P_n\) correct set. A \textit{maximal line for} \(X\) is any line \(L\) containing \(n+1\) nodes, i.e. \(\# (L\cap X)=n+1\). The set of maximal lines of a \(P_n\) correct set \(X\) will be denoted by \(M(X)\). {Definition 2.6.} The \textit{defect} of a \(P_n\) correct set \(X\subset \mathbb{R}^2,\ n\geq 1\), is the number \(d(X)=n+2-\# M(X)\). {Definition 3.1.} A \(GC_n\) set \(X\subset \mathbb{R}^2\) is a set with \(\# X=\binom{n+2}{2}\), such that for each \(x\in X\) there exists a set of lines \(\Lambda_{x,X}\), containing all points in \(X\) but \(x\), i.e., \(X\setminus \bigcup_{K\in \Gamma_{x,X}} K=\{x\}\). The conjecture now reads {Conjecture 3.3.} (Gasca-Maeztu conjecture) The set of maximal lines of a \(GC_n\) set is non-empty, that is: there exists at least one line of the plain containing exactly \(n+1\) nodes. Up to now it remains unsolved for \(n\geq 6\). The authors claim that the study of so-called Syzygy matrices of \(GC\) sets gives a promising approach to the problem. The layout of the paper is as follows: {\S1.} Introduction {\S2.} Maximal lines of interpolation sets {\S3.} The classification of planar \(GC\) sets contains 2 propositions and 5 theorems {\S4.} Extension of a \(GC\) set consists of extending a \(GC_n\) set \(X\) to a \(GC_n\) set \(X'\) having the same defect, by adding \(n+2\) collinear nodes to \(X\) {\S5.} Syzygy matrices of \(GC\) sets \begin{itemize} \item[--] a Syzygy of an \((n+2)\)-tuple \((h_0,\ldots,h_{n+1})\in P^{n+2}\) is another \((n+2)\)-tuple of polynomials \((s_0,\ldots,s_{n+1}) \in P^{n+2}\), such that \(\sum_{i=0}^{n+1}\,s_ih_i=0\), \item[--] a Syzygy matrix \(\Sigma\) of \((h_0,\ldots, h_{n+1})\) is a matrix with polynomial entries, whose rows are Syzygies. \end{itemize} References contains 19 items.