Abstract
Given integers n,d,e with $1 \leqslant e < \frac{d}{2},$ let $X \subseteq {\Bbb P}^{\binom{d+n}{d}-1}$ denote the locus of degree d hypersurfaces in ${\Bbb P}^n$ which are supported on two hyperplanes with multiplicities d-e and e. Thus X is the Brill-Gordan locus associated to the partition (d-e,e). The main result of this paper is an exact determination of the Castelnuovo regularity of the ideal of X. Moreover, we show that X is r-normal for $r \geqslant 3.$ In the case of binary forms (i.e., for n = 1) we give an invariant-theoretic description of the ideal generators and, furthermore, exhibit a set of two covariants which define this locus set-theoretically. In addition to the standard cohomological tools in algebraic geometry, the proof crucially relies on the nonvanishing of certain 3j-symbols from the quantum theory of angular momentum.
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