Power Sums, Gorenstein Algebras, and Determinantal Loci

• Main Authors: Iarrobino, Anthony (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kanev, Vassil (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1999.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1721
• Subjects: Algebraic geometry.; Associative rings.; Rings (Algebra).; Algebraic Geometry.; Associative Rings and Algebras.

This book treats the theory of representations of homogeneous polynomials as sums of powers of linear forms. The first two chapters are introductory, and focus on binary forms and Waring's problem. Then the author's recent work is presented mainly on the representation of forms in three or...