On classical invariant theory and binary cubics
Let be a reductive complex algebraic group, and let denote the algebra of invariant polynomial functions on the direct sum of copies of the representations space of . There is a smallest integer such that generators and relations of can be obtained from those of by polarization and restitution for all . We bound and the degrees of generators and relations of , extending results of Vust. We apply our techniques to compute the invariant theory of binary cubics.