Hyperdeterminantal relations among symmetric principal minors
Rings and Algebras
2007-10-13 v2 Commutative Algebra
Abstract
The principal minors of a symmetric -matrix form a vector of length . We characterize these vectors in terms of algebraic equations derived from the -hyperdeterminant.
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@article{arxiv.math/0604374,
title = {Hyperdeterminantal relations among symmetric principal minors},
author = {Olga Holtz and Bernd Sturmfels},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0604374},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
12 pages; referee's suggestions incorporated, new section "Invariance and the Quartic Generation Conjecture" added