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Is the Zariski density proof of Cayley-Hamilton circular?

This old MO thread and its comments contains a discussion of the Zariski density proof of Cayley-Hamilton (I have also asked a separate question about the proof Victor gives in the comments here). ...
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Is there a straightforward way to solve unmixed, homogeneous systems of polynomials?

I came across this problem in my research. It might just be an easy algebraic geometry question, but I don't know much algebraic geometry. Suppose we have a system of $k\leq n$ polynomials in $\...
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Map $\operatorname{Sym}^{mp}(V^*) \longrightarrow K^{q}$ defined by $q$ points in $\operatorname{Sym}^p(V)$

EDIT : I have edited the question and made it more specific with respect to the kind of answer I expect. Let $V$ be a finite dimensional $K$-vector space and let $x_1, \dotsc, x_q \in V$ be $q$ points,...
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Dimension of a commuting nilpotent variety

Fix $k$ an algebraically closed field, $n$ a natural number, and $\lambda=(\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_m)$ a partition of $n$. Let $A$ be any $n\times n$ nilpotent matrix with entries in $k$ whose ...
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Grothendieck schemes and the Sheffer differential op calculus (Rota, Roman, et al. finite operator calculus)

In "Left differential operators on non-commutative algebras" on p. 4, Michiel Hazewinkel displays "precisely the right definition of differential operator" as $$D\; X^n = F(\tfrac{...
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Bass theorem on non-affine scheme

A famous theorem of Bass tells that over a noetherian ring $A$, with $\operatorname{Spec}(A)$ connected, every projective module of infinite type is free. Now, consider a connected noetherian scheme $...
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Regular sequence of binary forms in a subspace

Let $A_d=\mathbb{C}[x_1,\dots,x_n]_d$ denote the vector space of homogeneous polynomials of degree d. And assume $U\subset A_d$ is a subspace of codimension $d-1$ such that there is no point in $\...
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Linear algebra. commutative algebra, a matrix having the maximal rank

I found a matrix that looks to have the maximal rank for my research. I would really appreciate if some of you could give me any comments or suggestions. Thanks in advance. Sincerely, Yong-Su Shin Let ...
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Computing the codimension of the variety defined by a system of quadratic forms

Suppose I have an $m \times n$ matrix $L$, where $m \leq n$ and each entry is $L_{i,j}(x_1, ..., x_s)$ which is a linear form over $\mathbb{C}$. Let $\mathbf{y} = (y_1, \ldots, y_n)$. Let us consider ...
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A basis of the weight space in the semi-invariant ring corresponding to the weight $\langle(2,3,2),\cdot\rangle$

I'm trying to understand Example 10.11.1 on page 225 of the book "An introduction to quiver representations" by Harm Derksen and Jerzy Weyman (see the attached screenshot below) I want to ...
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Frobenius twist of a field

Let $k$ be a field of characteristic $p>0$ (not necessarily perfect). Consider the Frobenius endomorphism $F : k \to k$, $x \mapsto x^p$. I am curious about what happens when we take $k$ as a $k$-...
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Existence of a subspace of having no isotropic 2-plane

Let $V$ be a vector space of dimension $n$ over the field $\mathbb {Q} $. A subspace $W$ is isotropic for a skew-bilinear form $\alpha$ on $V$ if $\alpha(x,y) = 0$ for all $x,y \in W$. More ...
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Solutions of the linear equation from K[[X_1,X_2,X_3]] to K[[X_1,X_2]]

Let $A_3 := K[[X_1,X_2,X_3]]$ be a three-variable formal power series ring over a field $K$. We consider a linear equation $(\sharp) \phantom{aa} a_1(X_1,X_2,X_3)Y_1 + \ldots + a_n(X_1,X_2,X_3)Y_n = ...
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Invariants of the Determinant Form

Consider a form of degree $r$ in $n$, that is, a homogeneous polynomial $$f(x_1, \ldots, x_n)=\sum_{i_1+\ldots i_n=r}\alpha_{i_1 ... i_n}x_1^{i_1} ... x_n^{i_n} $$ After the linear change of ...
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