Introduction: Informal History and Brief Outline |
Canonical forms, and catalecticant matrices of higher partial derivatives of a form / 0.1: |
Apolarity and Artinian Gorenstein algebras / 0.2: |
Families of sets of points / 0.3: |
Brief summary of chapters / 0.4: |
Catalecticant Varieties / Part I: |
Forms and Catalecticant Matrices / Chapter 1: |
Apolarity and catalecticant varieties: the dimensions of the vector spaces of higher partials / 1.1: |
Determinantal loci of the first catalecticant, the Jacobian / 1.2: |
Binary forms and Hankel matrices / 1.3: |
Detailed summary and preparatory results / 1.4: |
Sums of Powers of Linear Forms, and Gorenstein Algebras / Chapter 2: |
Waring's problem for general forms / 2.1: |
Uniqueness of additive decompositions / 2.2: |
The Gorenstein algebra of a homogeneous polynomial / 2.3: |
Tangent Spaces to Catalecticant Schemes / Chapter 3: |
The tangent space to the scheme Gor(T) parametrizing forms with fixed dimensions of the partials / 3.1: |
The Locus PS(s,j;r) of Sums of Powers, and Determinantal Loci of Catalecticant Matrices / Chapter 4: |
The case r = 3 / 4.1: |
Gorenstein ideals whose lowest degree generators are a complete intersection / 4.2: |
The smoothness and dimension of the scheme Gor(T) when r = 3: a survey / 4.4: |
Catalecticant Varieties and the Punctual Hilbert Scheme / Part II: |
Forms and Zero-Dimensional Schemes I: Basic Results, and the Case r = 3 / Chapter 5: |
Flat families of zero-dimensional schemes and limit ideals / 5.1: |
Existence theorems for annihilating schemes when r = 3 / 5.3: |
The generator and relation strata of the variety Gor(T) parametrizing Gorenstein algebras / 5.3.1: |
The morphism from Gor(T): the case T ? D(s,s,s) / 5.3.2: |
Morphism: the case T ? D(s - a,s,s,s - a) / 5.3.3: |
Morphism: the case T ? D(s - a,s,s - a) / 5.3.4: |
Adimension formula for the variety Gor(T) / 5.3.5: |
Power sum representations in three and more variables / 5.4: |
Betti strata of the punctual Hilbert scheme / 5.5: |
The length of a form, and the closure of the locus PS(s,j;3) of power sums / 5.6: |
Forms and Zero-Dimensional Schemes, II: Annihilating Schemes and Reducible Gor(T) / 5.7: |
Uniqueness of the annihilating scheme; closure of PS(s,J;r) / 6.1: |
Varieties Gor(T), T = T(j,r), with several components / 6.2: |
Other reducible varieties Gor(T) / 6.3: |
Locally Gorenstein annihilating schemes / 6.4: |
Multisecant varieties of the Veronese variety / Chapter 7: |
Closures of the Variety Gor(T), and the Parameter Space G(T) of Graded Algebras / Chapter 8: |
Questions and Problems / Chapter 9: |
Divided Power Rings and Polynomial Rings / Appendix A: |
Height Three Gorenstein Ideals / Appendix B: |
Pfaffian formulas / B.1: |
Resolutions of height 3 Gorenstein ideals andtheir squares / B.2: |
Resolutions of annihilating ideals of power sums / B.3: |
Maximum Betti numbers, given T / B.4: |
The Gotzmann Theorems and the Hilbert Scheme (Anthony Iarrobino and Steven L. Kleiman) / Appendix C: |
Order sequences and Macaulay's Theorem on Hilbert functions / C.1: |
Macaulay and Gotzmann polynomials / C.2: |
Gotzmann's Persistence Theorem and m-Regularity / C.3: |
Examples of "Macaulay" Scripts / C.4: |
Concordance with the 1996 Version / Appendix E: |
References |
Index |
Index of Names |
Index of Notation |
Introduction: Informal History and Brief Outline |
Canonical forms, and catalecticant matrices of higher partial derivatives of a form / 0.1: |
Apolarity and Artinian Gorenstein algebras / 0.2: |
Families of sets of points / 0.3: |
Brief summary of chapters / 0.4: |
Catalecticant Varieties / Part I: |