{"@context":["https://w3id.org/fdo/context/v1",{"schema":"https://schema.org/","prov":"http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#","fdo":"https://w3id.org/fdo/vocabulary/"}],"@id":"https://fdo.portal.mardi4nfdi.de/fdo/Q798722","@type":"DigitalObject","kernel":{"@id":"https://fdo.portal.mardi4nfdi.de/fdo/Q798722","digitalObjectType":"https://schema.org/ScholarlyArticle","primaryIdentifier":"mardi:Q798722","kernelVersion":"v1","immutable":true,"modified":"2026-01-05T18:21:42Z"},"profile":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ScholarlyArticle","@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q798722","name":"The ideal of forms vanishing at a finite set of points in \\({\\mathbb{P}}^ n\\)","headline":"The ideal of forms vanishing at a finite set of points in \\({\\mathbb{P}}^ n\\)","description":"scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3871525","url":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q798722","datePublished":"1984-00-00","author":[{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q382043"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q226851"}],"publisher":[{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q161561"}],"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","propertyID":"doi","value":"10.1016/0021-8693(84)90188-1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-8693(84)90188-1"},"sameAs":["https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-8693(84)90188-1"],"comment":"Let \\(X=\\{P_ 1,...,P_ s\\}\\) be a set of distinct points in \\({\\mathbb{P}}^ n(k)\\), 2\\(\\leq n\\leq s\\), \\(k=\\bar k\\) an algebraically closed field. Let I be the ideal of these points in \\(R=k[x_ 0,...,x_ n]\\) and \\(H_ X(-)\\) the Hilbert function of the coordinate ring \\(A=R/I\\) of these points. The points are in generic position if \\(H_ X(t)=\\min\\{(^{t+n}),s\\}\\), for all t. Almost all sets of s points in \\({\\mathbb{P}}^ n\\) are in generic position and the problem considered in this paper is whether or not there is an open set in \\(({\\mathbb{P}}^ n)^ s\\) on which the number of generators of the corresponding ideals has the constant value conjectured by \\textit{A. V. Geramita} and \\textit{F. Orecchia} in J. Algebra. 78, 36-57 (1982; Zbl 0502.14001). An affirmative answer to the conjecture is given for all s when \\(n=2\\) and for several infinite families of s for \\(n>2.\\)    These results give the complete minimal free resolution for a general set of s points in \\({\\mathbb{P}}^ 2\\) and thereby also settle a conjecture of \\textit{L. G. Roberts} (for \\(n=2)\\) [C. R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci., Soc. R. Can. 3, 43-48 (1981; Zbl 0451.14017)]. As a byproduct to our investigations, we where able to make some comments on a problem posed by Abhyankar concerning the least degree of a nonsingular curve passing through a finite set of points in \\({\\mathbb{P}}^ n\\).","citation":[{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q5571530"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1153954"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1172676"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q4097026"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q4195061"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1147195"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3313974"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1214469"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3897142"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q4177688"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q5801760"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q4135685"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1248549"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3849050"}]},"provenance":{"prov:generatedAtTime":"2026-01-05T18:21:42Z","prov:wasAttributedTo":"MaRDI Knowledge Graph"}}