Hilbert schemes of 8 points
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Abstract: The Hilbert scheme H^d_n of n points in A^d contains an irreducible component R^d_n which generically represents n distinct points in A^d. We show that when n is at most 8, the Hilbert scheme H^d_n is reducible if and only if n = 8 and d >= 4. In the simplest case of reducibility, the component R^4_8 subset H^4_8 is defined by a single explicit equation which serves as a criterion for deciding whether a given ideal is a limit of distinct points. To understand the components of the Hilbert scheme, we study the closed subschemes of H_n^d which parametrize those ideals which are homogeneous and have a fixed Hilbert function. These subschemes are a special case of multigraded Hilbert schemes, and we describe their components when the colength is at most 8. In particular, we show that the scheme corresponding to the Hilbert function (1,3,2,1) is the minimal reducible example.
This paper studies the Hilbert scheme of \(n\) points in affine \(d\) space, for \(n\) at most 8. In particular the authors focus on when this scheme is reducible. The main theorem classifies precisely when this happens, namely for \(n=8\) and \(d \geq 4\). In general the Hilbert scheme is a difficult and complicated object to study and it is well known that it may contain arbitrarily ``bad singularities [\textit{R.~Vakil}, Invent. Math. 164, No. 3, 569--590 (2006; Zbl 1095.14006)] (however Hartshorne did prove that it is always connected). The authors do a wonderful and thorough study of these particular Hilbert schemes. The paper has many explicit calculations and examples. The study is comprehensive and includes a characterization of which points are smoothable (i.e. belongs to the smoothable component of the Hilbert scheme). The authors finish with some interesting open questions which would nicely extend their work in this paper.
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