Polynomial relations among principal minors of a 4x4-matrix

Details Polynomial relations among principal minors of a 4x4-matrix Polynomial relations among principal minors of a 4x4-matrix

2008-12-02

arxiv.org/abs/0812.0601v3

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Algebraic Geometry

16 pages, v2: Remark 14

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The image of the principal minor map for n x n-matrices is shown to be closed. In the 19th century, Nansen and Muir studied the implicitization problem of finding all relations among principal minors when n=4. We complete their partial results by constructing explicit polynomials of degree 12 that scheme-theoretically define this affine variety and also its projective closure in $\PP^{15}$. The latter is the main component in the singular locus of the 2 x 2 x 2 x 2-hyperdeterminant.

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