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The stratification by rank for homogeneous polynomials with border rank 5 which essentially depend on 5 variables

Algebraic Geometry 2017-02-08 v1

Abstract

We give the stratification by the symmetric tensor rank of all degree d9d \ge 9 homogeneous polynomials with border rank 55 and which depend essentially on at least 5 variables, extending previous works (A. Bernardi, A. Gimigliano, M. Id\`{a}, E. Ballico) on lower border ranks. For the polynomials which depend on at least 5 variables only 5 ranks are possible: 55, d+3d+3, 2d+12d+1, 3d13d-1, 4d34d-3, but each of the ranks 3d13d-1 and 2d+12d+1 is achieved in two geometrically different situations. These ranks are uniquely determined by a certain degree 5 zero-dimensional scheme AA associated to the polynomial. The polynomial ff depends essentially on at least 5 variables if and only if AA is linearly independent (in all cases ff essentially depends on exactly 5 variables). The polynomial has rank 4d34d-3 (resp 3d13d-1, resp. 2d+12d+1, resp. d+3d+3, resp. 55) if AA has 11 (resp. 22, resp. 33, resp. 44, resp. 55) connected components. The assumption d9d\ge 9 guarantees that each polynomial has a uniquely determined associated scheme AA. In each case we describe the dimension of the families of the polynomials with prescribed rank, each irreducible family being determined by the degrees of the connected components of the associated scheme AA.

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@article{arxiv.1702.01914,
  title  = {The stratification by rank for homogeneous polynomials with border rank 5 which essentially depend on 5 variables},
  author = {Edoardo Ballico},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.01914},
  year   = {2017}
}

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