On generic and maximal \(k\)-ranks of binary forms (Q1713025)

The authors pose two conjectures about Waring decompositions of homogeneous polynomials as sums of powers. The first one deals with the generic \(k\)-rank of complex-valued forms of any degree divisible by \(k\) in any number of variables. The second one deals with the maximal \(k\)-rank of binary forms. The authors settle the first conjecture in the cases of two variables and the second in the first non-trivial case of the third powers of quadratic binary forms.