We show that in the class of compact sets K in with an analytic parametrization of order m, the sets with Zariski dimension m are exactly those which admit a Bernstein (or a van der Corput-Schaake) type inequality for tangential derivatives of (the traces of) polynomials on K.
In an earlier paper [6], we gave an explicit geometric description of the group law on the neutral component of the set of real points of the Jacobian of a smooth quartic curve. Here, we generalize this description to curves of higher genus. We get a description of the group law on the neutral component of the set of real points of the Jacobian of a smooth curve in terms of cubic differential forms. When applied to canonical curves, one gets an explicit geometric description of this group law by...
Every compact smooth manifold is diffeomorphic to a nonsingular real algebraic set, called an algebraic model of . We study modulo 2 homology classes represented by algebraic subsets of , as runs through the class of all algebraic models of . Our main result concerns the case where is a spin manifold.