The degrees of a system of parameters of the ring of invariants of a binary form (Q897142)

Let \(R\) be a graded \(\mathbb C\)-algebra. A homogeneous system of parameters (hsop) of \(R\) is an algebraically independent set \(S\) of homogeneous elements of \(R\) such that \(R\) is module-finite over the subalgebra generated by \(S\). In the present article is considered the special case where \(R\) is the ring \(I\) of invariants of binary forms of degree \(n\) under the action of SL\((2,\mathbb C)\). In a number of propositions the authors give a divisibility restriction on the set of degrees for the elements of a hsop, and a complete classification for the forms of degree at most \(8\).