Complete intersection Jordan types in height two

Abstract We determine every Jordan type partition that occurs as the Jordan block decomposition for the multiplication map by a linear form in a height two homogeneous complete intersection (CI) Artinian algebra A over an algebraically closed field k of characteristic zero or large enough. We show that these CI Jordan type partitions are those satisfying specific numerical conditions; also, given the Hilbert function H ( A ) , they are completely determined by which higher Hessians of A vanish at the point corresponding to the linear form. We also show new combinatorial results about such partitions, and in particular we give ways to construct them from a branch label or hook code, showing how branches are attached to a fundamental triangle to form the Ferrers diagram.