Let T : H1 H2 H3 ! C be a trilinear form where H1, H2, H3 are separable Hilbertspaces. In the hypothesis that at least two of the three spaces are nite dimensional weshow that the norm square = kTk2 is a root of a certain algebraic equation, usually ofvery high degree, which we baptize the milleniar equation, because it is an analogue ofthe secular equation in the bilinear c...