Defining relations of low degree of invariants of two 4 x 4 matrices

The trace algebra C_nd over a field of characteristic 0 is generated by all traces of products of d generic n × n matrices, n, d ≥ 2. Minimal sets of generators of C_nd are known for n = 2 and 3 for any d and for n = 4 and 5 and d = 2. The explicit defining relations between the generators are found for n = 2 and any d and for n = 3, d = 2 only. Defining relations of minimal degree for n = 3 and any d are also known. The minimal degree of the defining relations of any homogeneous minimal generating set of C_42 is equal to 12. Starting with the generating set given recently by Drensky and Sadikova, we have determined all relations of degree ≤ 14. For this purpose we have developed further algorithms based on representation theory of the general linear group and easy computer calculations with standard functions of Maple.