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Apolarity, Hessian and Macaulay polynomials

Algebraic Geometry 2012-10-09 v2 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

A result by Macaulay states that an Artinian graded Gorenstein ring R of socle dimension one and socle degree b can be realized as the apolar ring of a homogeneous polynomial f of degree b. If R is the Jacobian ring of a smooth hypersurface g=0, then b is just equal to the degree of the Hessian polynomial of g. In this paper we investigate the relationship between f and the Hessian polynomial of g.

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@article{arxiv.1007.4891,
  title  = {Apolarity, Hessian and Macaulay polynomials},
  author = {Lorenzo Di Biagio and Elisa Postinghel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.4891},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

12 pages. Improved exposition, minor corrections

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