On the Jacobian ideal of the binary discriminant (with an appendix by Abdelmalek Abdesselam)

Let ∆ denote the discriminant of the generic binary d-ic. We show that for d ≥ 3, the Jacobian ideal of ∆ is perfect of height 2. Moreover we describe its SL2-equivariant minimal resolution and the associated differential equations satisfied by ∆. A similar result is proved for the resultant of two...

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Autores: D'Andrea, Carlos, 1973-, Chipalkatti, Jaydeep
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/16913
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/16913
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Geometria algebraica
Algebraic geometry
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Sumario:Let ∆ denote the discriminant of the generic binary d-ic. We show that for d ≥ 3, the Jacobian ideal of ∆ is perfect of height 2. Moreover we describe its SL2-equivariant minimal resolution and the associated differential equations satisfied by ∆. A similar result is proved for the resultant of two forms of orders d, e whenever d ≥ e − 1. If Φn denotes the locus of binary forms with total root multiplicity ≥ d − n, then we show that the ideal of Φn is also perfect, and we construct a covariant which characterizes this locus. We also explain the role of the Morley form in the determinantal formula for the resultant. This relies upon a calculation which is done in the appendix by A. Abdesselam.