The singularities of the principal component of the Hilbert scheme of points (Q615826)

This paper establishes an example where the principal component of the Hilbert scheme of \(n\) points in affine \(d\)-space is not Cohen-Macaulay, for any \(n \geq 9, d \geq 8\). This then provides a counter-example to a conjecture of Haiman. The author gives an explicit description of the counter-example and details its construction and computes local coordinates on the component. The paper is well organized and will be of interest to anyone who studies the Hilbert scheme of points.