Singular Hessians

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2004.08.026MaRDI QIDQ1888810zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Michiel De Bondt, Arno van den Essen

Publication date 29 November 2004

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2004.08.026

zbMATH Keywords

derivationHessian matrixpolynomial

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomial rings and ideals; rings of integer-valued polynomials (13F20) Relevant commutative algebra (14A05) Affine geometry (14R99)

Review text

Let \(f\in k[x_{1},\ldots,x_{n}],\) \(k\) - a field of characteristic zero, and let \[ \mathcal{H}f=\left( \frac{\partial^{2}f}{\partial x_{i}\partial x_{j} }\right) _{1\leq i,j\leq n} \] be the Hessian matrix of \(f.\) The authors consider the problem: for which \(f\) the Hessian is singular i.e. \(\det\mathcal{H}f=0?\) They give a complete classification of such \(f\)'s in the following cases: \(1.\) \(n=2,\) \(2.\) \(n=3,\) \noindent and a partial result for \(n=4.\) In the case \(n=5\) they give a new and correct proof of the old result by \textit{P. Gordan} and \textit{M. Noether} [Clebsch Ann. X, 547--568 (1876; JFM 08.0064.05)] (their proof was incorrect) on the classification of such \(f\)'s in the particular case that \(f\) is homogeneous.

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• Homogeneous quasi-translations in dimension 5
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• Smooth and singular maximal averages over 2D hypersurfaces and associated Radon transforms
• Symmetric Jacobians
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• On the Hessian of the exponential function with n variables
• On the Hesse matrix of a quasi-homogeneous isolated singularity
• Hessian nilpotent polynomials and the Jacobian conjecture
• On Hamiltonian flows whose orbits are straight lines
• Logarithmic Hesse's problem
• Quasi-translations and singular Hessians
• On the Theory of Gordan-Noether on Homogeneous Forms with Zero Hessian (Improved Version)
• On the strong nilpotence problem
• On the theory of Gordan-Noether on homogeneous forms with zero Hessian
• The strong nilpotency index of a matrix
• On the Koiran-Skomra's question about Hessians
• Decoupling for smooth hypersurfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^4\)
• \(\ell^2\) decoupling theorem for surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^3\)
• Two results on homogeneous Hessian nilpotent polynomials
• On quadratic homogeneous quasi-translations

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