Events
Fall 2014
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Algebraic Geometry Program Seminar
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014, 4:30 pm–5:30 pm
Parent Program:
Speaker:
Alessandra Bernardi (University of Bologna)
Location:
Calvin Lab 116
On the Local Cactus Rank of Generic Cubic Forms
The cactus rank of a form is the length of the shortest apolar scheme. I will show how the cactus rank of a generic cubic form can be computed by a local scheme.