## Journal of Commutative Algebra

### Determinants of incidence and Hessian matrices arising from the vector space lattice

#### Abstract

Let $\mathcal {V}=\bigsqcup _{i=0}^n\mathcal {V}_i$ be the lattice of subspaces of the $n$-dimensional vector space over the finite field $\mathbb{F} _q$, and let $\mathcal {A}$ be the graded Gorenstein algebra defined over $\mathbb{Q}$ which has $\mathcal {V}$ as a $\mathbb{Q}$ basis. Let $F$ be the Macaulay dual generator for $\mathcal {A}$. We explicitly compute the Hessian determinant $|{\partial ^2F}/{\partial X_i \partial X_j}|$, evaluated at the point $X_1 = X_2 = \cdots = X_N=1$, and relate it to the determinant of the incidence matrix between $\mathcal {V}_1$ and $\mathcal {V}_{n-1}$. Our exploration is motivated by the fact that both of these matrices naturally arise in the study of the Sperner property of the lattice and the Lefschetz property for the graded Artinian Gorenstein algebra associated to it.

#### Article information

Source
J. Commut. Algebra, Volume 11, Number 1 (2019), 131-154.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 13 March 2019

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jca/1552464135

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1216/JCA-2019-11-1-131

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3923368

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
07037591

#### Citation

Nasseh, Saeed; Seceleanu, Alexandra; Watanabe, Junzo. Determinants of incidence and Hessian matrices arising from the vector space lattice. J. Commut. Algebra 11 (2019), no. 1, 131--154. doi:10.1216/JCA-2019-11-1-131. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jca/1552464135

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