Unexpected hypersurfaces and where to find them
B. Harbourne, J. Migliore, U. Nagel, Z. Teitler

TL;DR
This paper generalizes the concept of unexpected plane curves to hypersurfaces of any dimension, providing a classification, new constructions, and insights into their geometric properties using algebraic and combinatorial methods.
Contribution
It offers a comprehensive classification of unexpected hypersurfaces, introduces new construction techniques involving cones and root systems, and links these phenomena to algebraic properties like the Weak Lefschetz Property.
Findings
Classified all (n,d,m) for which unexpected hypersurfaces exist.
Developed cone-based constructions applicable in all dimensions n ≥ 3.
Connected unexpected hypersurfaces to failures of the Weak Lefschetz Property.
Abstract
In a recent paper by Cook, et al., which introduced the concept of unexpected plane curves, the focus was on understanding the geometry of the curves themselves. Here we expand the definition to hypersurfaces of any dimension and, using constructions which appeal to algebra, geometry, representation theory and computation, we obtain a coarse but complete classification of unexpected hypersurfaces. In particular, we determine each for which there is some finite set of points with an unexpected hypersurface of degree in having a general point of multiplicity . Our constructions also give new insight into the interesting question of where to look for such . Recent work of Di Marca, Malara and Oneto \cite{DMO} and of Bauer, Malara, Szemberg and Szpond \cite{BMSS} give new results and examples in and . We…
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Taxonomy
TopicsAlgebraic Geometry and Number Theory · Geometric and Algebraic Topology · Commutative Algebra and Its Applications
