Polynomial relations among principal minors of a 4 4-matrix

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2009.06.026zbMATH Open1198.14049arXiv0812.0601OpenAlexW2963279005MaRDI QIDQ2267458FDOQ2267458

Authors: Shaowei Lin, Bernd Sturmfels 

Publication date: 1 March 2010

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

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 $P{P}^{15}$. The latter is the main component in the singular locus of the 2 x 2 x 2 x 2-hyperdeterminant.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0601

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zbMATH Keywords

hyperdeterminantpolynomial idealprincipal minors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational homological algebra (13P20) Determinantal varieties (14M12) Geometric invariant theory (14L24)

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