Two Infinite Families of Regular Sequences of Power Sums in Three Variables

Abstract

Let $$S=\mathbb{C}[x,y,z],p_m=x^m+y^m+z^m.$$ For every $r\ge 1$, we prove that $$p_r,p_{r+1},p_{3r+1}\text{and}{p}_r,p_{r+1},p_{3r+2}$$ are regular sequences exactly when $r\not\equiv 1(\mathrm{mod}3)$. This proves the Conca--Krattenthaler--Watanabe prediction for two infinite families. The proof is elementary. Four simple reductions modulo $(p_r,p_{r+1})$ reduce the problem to the two equations $x+y+z=0$ and $xy+xz+yz=0$.

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