The Hilbert series of $\operatorname{SL}_2$-invariants

Abstract: Let $V$ be a finite dimensional representations of the group $\operatorname{SL}2$ of $2\times 2$ matrices with complex coefficients and determinant one. Let $R=\mathbb{C}[V]^{\operatorname{SL}_2}$ be the algebra of $\operatorname{SL}_2$-invariant polynomials on $V$. We present a calculation of the Hilbert series $\operatorname{Hilb}_R(t)=\sum{n\ge 0}\dim (R_n): t^n$ as well as formulas for the first four coefficients of the Laurent expansion of $\operatorname{Hilb}_R(t)$ at $t=1$.