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Definition. The Waring rank of a homogeneous polynomial $f \in C[x_1, \ldots, x_n]_d$ is the minimum $r$ such that
\[f = \ell_1^d + \cdots + \ell_r^d\]for some linear forms $\ell_1, \ldots, \ell_r \in C[x_1, \ldots, x_n]_1$.
Let $p\geq 3$ be a prime. Let $\Lambda(n,p)$ be the set of alternating matrices over $\mathbb{F}_p$, where $A\in M(n,p)$ is alternating if for all $v\in\mathbb{F}_p^n$, $v^tAv=0$. Let $\mathbb{A}\in\Lambda(n,q)^m$ be an $m$-tuple of alternating matrices. We say two $m$-tuple of alternating matrices $\mathbb{A}_1$ and $\mathbb{A}_2$ pseudo-isometric, if there exists $T\in \text{GL}(n,p)$ such that $\langle T^t\mathbb{A}_1T\rangle=\langle\mathbb{A}_2\langle$ (as subspaces), where $\langle \mathbb{A} \rangle$ denotes the linear space spanned by alternating matrices in the $m$-tuple $\mathbb{A}$.
