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Rational invariants of even degree polynomials under the orthogonal group

Commutative Algebra 2025-03-06 v2

Abstract

In this article, we construct a generating set of rational invariants for the action of the orthogonal group O(n)\text{O}(n) on the space R[x1,,xn]2d\mathbb{R}[x_1,\dots,x_n]_{2d} of real homogeneous polynomials of even degree 2d2d. This generalizes a paper which addressed the case n=3n=3. The main difficult with the generalization lies in a surprising connection to the graph isomorphism problem, a classical problem of computer science.

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@article{arxiv.2501.17504,
  title  = {Rational invariants of even degree polynomials under the orthogonal group},
  author = {Henri Breloer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.17504},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Removed redundant and incorrect proof of Lemma 2.3, updated introduction