Abstract
Given a sequence A = ( A 1 , … , A r ) of binary d -ics, we construct a set of combinants C = { C q : 0 ≤ q ≤ r , q ≠ 1 } , to be called the Wronskian combinants of A . We show that the span of A can be recovered from C as the solution space of an S L ( 2 ) -invariant differential equation. The Wronskian combinants define a projective imbedding of the Grassmannian G ( r , S d ) , and, as a corollary, any other combinant of A is expressible as a compound transvectant in C . Our main result characterises those sequences of binary forms that can arise as Wronskian combinants; namely, they are the ones such that the associated differential equation has the maximal number of linearly independent polynomial solutions. Along the way we deduce some identities which relate Wronskians to transvectants. We also calculate compound transvectant formulae for C in the case r = 3 .
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