Hermite reciprocity

Short description: Invariant theory in mathematics

In mathematics, Hermite's law of reciprocity, introduced by Hermite (1854), states that the degree m covariants of a binary form of degree n correspond to the degree n covariants of a binary form of degree m. In terms of representation theory it states that the representations S^m Sⁿ C² and Sⁿ S^m C² of GL₂ are isomorphic.

References

• Hermite, Charles (1854), "Sur la theorie des fonctions homogenes à deux indéterminées", Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal 9: 172–217, http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN600493962_0009