A commutative algebraic approach to the fitting problem

Publication date 26 February 2014

Abstract: Given a finite set of points

G a m m a

in

m a t h b b P^{k - 1}

not all contained in a hyperplane, the "fitting problem" asks what is the maximum number

h y p (G a m m a)

of these points that can fit in some hyperplane and what is (are) the equation(s) of such hyperplane(s). If

G a m m a

has the property that any

k - 1

of its points span a hyperplane, then

h y p (G a m m a) = n i l (I) + k - 2

, where

n i l (I)

is the index of nilpotency of an ideal constructed from the homogeneous coordinates of the points of

G a m m a

. Note that in

m a t h b b P^{2}

any two points span a line, and we find that the maximum number of collinear points of any given set of points

G a m m a s u b s e t m a t h b b P^{2}

equals the index of nilpotency of the corresponding ideal, plus one.

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