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| author | Rocchi, Elisabetta |
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| contents | We introduce and study the Hesse pencil variety $H_8$, obtained as the Zariski closure in the Grassmannian $G(1,9)$ of the set of pencils generated by a smooth plane cubic and its Hessian. We prove that $H_8$ has dimension $8$ and can be realized as the intersection of $G(1,9)$ with ten hyperplanes corresponding to the Schur module $\mathbb{S}_{(5,1)}\mathbb{C}^3$. Moreover, $H_8$ coincides with the closure of the $SL(3)$-orbit of the pencil $\langle x^3+y^3+z^3,\ xyz\rangle$ and contains eight additional orbits. The variety is singular, and its singular locus is precisely the union of two orbits, $O(\langle x^3,x^2y\rangle)$ and $O(\langle x^2y,x^2z\rangle)$.
A key ingredient in our study is a cubic skew-invariant $R\in \bigwedge^3(\mathrm{Sym}^3\mathbb{C}^3)$ defined by $R(l^3,m^3,n^3)=(l\wedge m\wedge n)^3$, whose vanishing characterizes pencils generated by a cubic and its Hessian. This invariant allows us to write explicit equations defining $H_8$. A crucial geometric step in our argument is the fact that through four general points of $\mathbb{P}^2$ there pass exactly six Hesse configurations, which enables us to compute the multidegree of $H_8$ and conclude that it coincides with the variety defined by the invariant $R$. |
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| spellingShingle | The Hesse Pencil Variety Rocchi, Elisabetta Algebraic Geometry 14M15 (Primary), 14H52, 20G05 (Secondary) We introduce and study the Hesse pencil variety $H_8$, obtained as the Zariski closure in the Grassmannian $G(1,9)$ of the set of pencils generated by a smooth plane cubic and its Hessian. We prove that $H_8$ has dimension $8$ and can be realized as the intersection of $G(1,9)$ with ten hyperplanes corresponding to the Schur module $\mathbb{S}_{(5,1)}\mathbb{C}^3$. Moreover, $H_8$ coincides with the closure of the $SL(3)$-orbit of the pencil $\langle x^3+y^3+z^3,\ xyz\rangle$ and contains eight additional orbits. The variety is singular, and its singular locus is precisely the union of two orbits, $O(\langle x^3,x^2y\rangle)$ and $O(\langle x^2y,x^2z\rangle)$. A key ingredient in our study is a cubic skew-invariant $R\in \bigwedge^3(\mathrm{Sym}^3\mathbb{C}^3)$ defined by $R(l^3,m^3,n^3)=(l\wedge m\wedge n)^3$, whose vanishing characterizes pencils generated by a cubic and its Hessian. This invariant allows us to write explicit equations defining $H_8$. A crucial geometric step in our argument is the fact that through four general points of $\mathbb{P}^2$ there pass exactly six Hesse configurations, which enables us to compute the multidegree of $H_8$ and conclude that it coincides with the variety defined by the invariant $R$. |
| title | The Hesse Pencil Variety |
| topic | Algebraic Geometry 14M15 (Primary), 14H52, 20G05 (Secondary) |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.16417 |