We revisit Schmidt’s theorem connecting the Schmidt rank of a tensor with the codimension of a certain variety and adapt the proof to the case of arbitrary characteristic. We also establish a sharper result for this kind for homogeneous polynomials, assuming that the characteristic does not divide the degree. Further, we use this to relate the Schmidt rank of a homogeneous polynomial (resp., a collection of homogeneous polynomials of the same degree) with the codimension of the singular locus of the corresponding hypersurface (resp., intersection of hypersurfaces). This gives an effective version of Ananyan–Hochster’s theorem [J. Amer. Math. Soc., 33, No. 1, 291–309 (2020), Theorem A].
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Published in Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 75, No. 9, pp. 1248–1266, September, 2023. Ukrainian DOI: https://doi.org/10.37863/umzh.v75i9.7227.
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Kazhdan, D., Lampert, A. & Polishchuk, A. Schmidt Rank and Singularities. Ukr Math J 75, 1420–1442 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11253-024-02270-6
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