English

Perpetuants: A Lost Treasure

Algebraic Geometry 2020-01-07 v3 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

We discuss the classical, and forgotten, notion of perpetuants. We give a proof of the Theorem of Stroh computing their dimensions, and exhibit a basis of perpetuants, thus closing an old line of investigation.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1810.01131,
  title  = {Perpetuants: A Lost Treasure},
  author = {Hanspeter Kraft and Claudio Procesi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.01131},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

27 pages, minor corrections in the bibliography

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