Effective Bertini theorem

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Let \(k\) be an algebraically closed field of arbitrary characteristic, and let \(\mathbb{P}^m\) be the \(m\)-dimensional projective space over \(k\). The classical Bertini theorem states that for a non-singular variety \(X \subset \mathbb{P}^m\), there exists a generic hyperplane \(H\) such that the intersection \(H \cap X\) is smooth. Moreover, the set of all such hyperplanes forms an open dense subset. The main result of this paper is as follows: For an irreducible non-singular projective variety \(V \subset \mathbb{P}^m\) of dimension \(q\) and degree \(\leq d\), a finite family of hyperplanes (depending on \(d, m, q\)) is constructed, at least one of which intersects \(V\) transversally, preserving smoothness and irreducibility (if \(q \geq 2\)).











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