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Quadratically presented Gorenstein ideals

Let $J$ be a quadratically presented grade three Gorenstein ideal in the standard graded polynomial ring $R= k[x,y,z]$, where $k$ is a field. Assume that $R/J$ satisfies the weak Lefschetz property. We give the presentation matrix for $J$ in terms of the coefficients of a Macaulay inverse system for $J$. (This presentation matrix is an alternating matrix and $J$ is generated by the maximal order Pfaffians of the presentation matrix.) Our formulas are computer friendly; they involve only matrix multiplication; they do not involve multilinear algebra or complicated summations. As an application, we give the presentation matrix for $J_1=(x^{n+1},y^{n+1},z^{n+1}):(x+y+z)^{n+1}$, when $n$ is even and the characteristic of $k$ is zero. Generators for $J_1$ had been identified previously; but the presentation matrix for $J_1$ had not previously been known. The first step in our proof is to give improved formulas for the presentation matrix of a linearly presented grade three Gorenstein ideal $I$ in terms of the coefficients of the Macaulay inverse system for $I$.