Gordan ideals in the theory of binary forms

DOI10.1006/JABR.1993.1225MaRDI QIDQ1320230zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jerzy Weyman

Publication date 1 May 1995

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1006/jabr.1993.1225

zbMATH Keywords

deformation of the rings of covariants of subvarietiesGordan idealinvariants of binary formsmonomials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomial rings and ideals; rings of integer-valued polynomials (13F20) Relevant commutative algebra (14A05) Vector and tensor algebra, theory of invariants (15A72)

Review text

The author considers subvarieties \(X_{p,q}\) associated with a two dimensional complex vector space \(V\) and binary forms of degree \(g\) having a root of multiplicity \(\geq p\). He started the study of these objects in J. Algebra, 122, No. 1, 244-249 (1989; Zbl 0689.14001). In this paper he finds an explicit deformation of the rings of covariants of subvarieties \(X_{p,g}\) to a ring generated by monomials. There is deduced an explicit estimate for the degrees of generating covariants. It is proved that if \(2k - 2 < g/2\) then the defining ideal \(J_{g - k + 1}\) of \(X_{g - k + 1,g}\) is generated by quadrics. This allows a geometric interpretation of Gordan's algorithm for computing covariants of binary forms [cf. \textit{J. H. Grace} and \textit{A. Young}, ``The algebra of invariants (1903)]. Finally there are obtained applications of multiplicity ideals to find the invariants of binary forms of low degrees. The paper contains many suggestive examples.

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