Jacobian schemes of conic-line arrangements and eigenschemes (Q6141299)

Given a reduced, singular plane curve \(C = V(f) \subset \mathbb P^2\), its corresponding Jacobian scheme \(\Sigma_f\) is the homogeneous ideal generated by the partials of \(f\). The degree of \(\Sigma_f\) is the \textit{global Tjurina number} \(\tau (C)\). \textit{A. A. Du Plessis} and \textit{C. T. C. Wall} [Math. Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc. 126, No. 2, 259--266 (1999; Zbl 0926.14012)] showed that if \(C\) consists of concurrent lines, the \(\tau (C) = (d-1)^2\), otherwise \[ (d-1)(d-r-1) \leq \tau (C) \leq (d-1) (d-r-1) + r^2, \] where \(r\) is the minimal degree of a syzygy between the three partials. The authors study case \(r=1\) when the curve \(C\) is a conic-line arrangement, so that the global Tjurina number is either equal to \(d^2-3d+2\) or \(d^2-3d+3\), giving a complete characterization as to when each case occurs. If \(\tau (C) = d^2-3d+3\), there are seven possibilities. The first, a line arrangement of \(d-1\) concurrent lines and a general line, was described by \textit{A. Dimca} et al. [Osaka J. Math. 57, No. 4, 847--870 (2020; Zbl 1457.32075)]. The remaining six involve conics, for example the union of conics whose base locus is supported at a point. In these cases the Jacobian schemes \(\Sigma_f\) are eigenschemes of suitable partially symmetric tensors, so that results of \textit{L. Oeding} and \textit{G. Ottaviani} [J. Symb. Comput. 54, 9--35 (2013; Zbl 1277.15019)] and \textit{V. Beorchia} et al. [SIAM J. Appl. Algebra Geom. 5, No. 4, 620--650 (2021; Zbl 1478.13047)] are applicable. If \(\tau (C) = d^2-3d+2\), there are just two possibilities, a conic arrangement given by a union of conics belonging to a bitangent pencil or the union of such a conic arrangement and the line passing through the two bitangency points. The proofs rely on a result of \textit{A. Dimca} et al. relating the syzygy module of a product of polynomials with no common factor [J. Algebra 615, 77--102 (2023; Zbl 1499.14052)] and the characterization of the Hilbert-Burch matrix in the case of particular linear Jacobian syzygies given by \textit{R.-O. Buchweitz} and \textit{A. Conca} [J. Commut. Algebra 5, No. 1, 17--47 (2013; Zbl 1280.32016)].