Chow forms of congruences

For \(X\subset \mathbb{P}^N\) an \(n\)-dimensional variety the set of linear spaces of dimension \(N-n-1\) meeting \(X\) defines a hypersurface, \(H\), in the Grassmann variety \(G(N-n,N+1)\). The homogeneous form in the Plücker coordinates defining \(H\) or \(H\) itself is called the Chow form of \(X\). This notion was defined by Cayley [\textit{A. Cayley}, ``On a new analytical representation of curves in space, Q. J. Pure Appl. Math. 3, 225-236 (1860), and 5, 81-86 (1862); for a modern treatment see \textit{M. Green} and \textit{I. Morrison}, Duke Math. J. 53, 733-747 (1986; Zbl 0621.14028)]. In the present paper the authors study Chow forms of integral surfaces in \(G(2,4)\) following the approach of M. Green and I. Morrison. Let \(V\) be a fixed 4-dimensional space and \(F\subset \mathbb{P}^3 \times \check\mathbb{P}^3\), the flag variety parametrizing all chains \(V_1\subset V_3\), where \(V_i\) is a subspace of \(V\) with \(\dim V_i=i\). \(F\) parametrizes the lines of \(G\) and to each integral surface \(Y\) in \(G\) there corresponds, in a natural way, an integral hypersurface \(X\) in \(F\). The main result in this paper is a characterization of integral hypersurfaces \(X\) in \(F\) that are Chow forms of integral surfaces in \(G\), in terms of some differential equations.

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