The dimension of the determinantal scheme v_s(t,t,2) of the catalecticant matrix

Abstract

Let T be a Gorenstein sequence of a graded artinian Gorenstein ring k[x ₀,x ₁,x ₂]/I We develop a dimension formula for PGor(T) in terms of the alignment character. Based on our formula, we find a very large component of V_s (t,t,2) when s=r_t-1+1 and t is large enough. This answers Diesel’s conjecture negatively. Further we show that V_s (t,t,2) is irreducible of dimension 3s-1 for s ≤t+1,t ≥ 2 and dim V_s (t,t,2)= 3s-1 for small s. Finally an algorithm to calculate dim V_s (t,t,2) is constructed, and we find the values of dim V_s (t,t,2) for t ≤ 16.