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On Homogeneous Polynomials Determined by their Partial Derivatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2019

Zhenjian Wang*
Affiliation:
YMSC, Tsinghua University, 100084Beijing, China Email: wzhj@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Abstract

We prove that a generic homogeneous polynomial of degree $d$ is determined, up to a nonzero constant multiplicative factor, by the vector space spanned by its partial derivatives of order $k$ for $k\leqslant \frac{d}{2}-1$.

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© Canadian Mathematical Society 2019

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