Togliatti systems and Galois coverings (Q1643189)

A \textit{Togliatti system} is an Artinian ideal \(I\) generated by forms of degree \(d\) that define a morphism \(\varphi: \mathbb{P}^n \to \mathbb{P}^{r-1}\) whose image \(X\) satisfies at least one Laplace equation of order \(d-1\). In this article, the authors study Togliatti systems with the additional property that \(\varphi\) is a Galois covering with cyclic Galois group \(\mathbb{Z}/d\mathbb{Z}\) (``GT systems''). They completely classify GT systems if \(d\) is a prime power. For general \(d\), a complete classification under an additional symmetry assumption on the generating monomials is given. This constitutes essential progress over existing results for \(d = 3\). The ideal of the rational surface associated to a GT system is generated by quadrics and, if \(d\) is odd, by cubics. It has three singular points whose respective types are determined. Finally, a relation between minimal monomial GT systems and Ceva configurations of \(d^2\) lines and \(3d\) points such that each point is incident with \(d\) lines and each line contains \(3\) points, is unveiled.