Invariant Jacobian and the Center of a Homogeneous Form

Abstract

We study homogeneous forms with invariant Jacobian under group actions. For finite-dimensional irreducible complex representations, we show that the canonical decomposition defined by the center of the form is either trivial or gives a system of imprimitivity, which determines the module structure of Jacobian $J(f)$. We apply the theory to symmetric groups and classify homogeneous forms with invariant Jacobian on the natural permutation module.

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