Polynomial relations among principal minors of a 4 4-matrix

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Polynomial relations among principal minors of a \(4\times 4\)-matrix




Abstract: The image of the principal minor map for n x n-matrices is shown to be closed. In the 19th century, Nansen and Muir studied the implicitization problem of finding all relations among principal minors when n=4. We complete their partial results by constructing explicit polynomials of degree 12 that scheme-theoretically define this affine variety and also its projective closure in PP15. The latter is the main component in the singular locus of the 2 x 2 x 2 x 2-hyperdeterminant.









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