The variety of pairs of commuting nilpotent matrices is irreducible (Q5940015)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1623800
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| English | The variety of pairs of commuting nilpotent matrices is irreducible |
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1623800 |
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The variety of pairs of commuting nilpotent matrices is irreducible (English)
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23 July 2001
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The author proves the dimension and the irreduciblity of the variety parametrizing all pairs of commuting nilpotent matrices. The proof uses the connection between this variety and the punctual Hilbert scheme of a smooth algebraic surface.
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variety of pairs
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dimension
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irreduciblity
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commuting nilpotent matrices
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punctual Hilbert scheme
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smooth algebraic surface
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