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On the weak non-defectivity of veronese embeddings of projective spaces

Edoardo Ballico (2005)

Open Mathematics

Fix integers n, x, k such that n≥3, k>0, x≥4, (n, x)≠(3, 4) and k(n+1)<(nn+x). Here we prove that the order x Veronese embedding ofP n is not weakly (k−1)-defective, i.e. for a general S⊃P n such that #(S) = k+1 the projective space | I 2S (x)| of all degree t hypersurfaces ofP n singular at each point of S has dimension (n/n+x )−1− k(n+1) (proved by Alexander and Hirschowitz) and a general F∈| I 2S (x)| has an ordinary double point at each P∈ S and Sing (F)=S.

On vanishing inflection points of plane curves

Mauricio Garay (2002)

Annales de l’institut Fourier

We study the local behaviour of inflection points of families of plane curves in the projective plane. We develop normal forms and versal deformation concepts for holomorphic function germs f : ( 2 , 0 ) ( , 0 ) which take into account the inflection points of the fibres of f . We give a classification of such function- germs which is a projective analog of Arnold’s A,D,E classification. We compute the versal deformation with respect to inflections of Morse function-germs.

Plane projections of a smooth space curve

Trygve Johnsen (1996)

Banach Center Publications

Let C be a smooth non-degenerate integral curve of degree d and genus g in 3 over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. For each point P in 3 let V P be the linear system on C induced by the hyperplanes through P. By V P one maps C onto a plane curve C P , such a map can be seen as a projection of C from P. If P is not the vertex of a cone of bisecant lines, then C P will have only finitely many singular points; or to put it slightly different: The secant scheme S P = ( V P ) 2 1 parametrizing divisors in...

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