Non-splitting flags, iterated circuits, \(\underline{\sigma}\)-matrices and Cayley configurations (Q2155633)

Given a complex projective variety \(X,\) its dual \(X^\vee\) is defined as the closure, in the dual projective space, of all hyperplanes tangent to \(X\) at a smooth point. It is known that generically \(X^\vee\) is a hypersurface. If \(\mathrm{codim}\, X^\vee >1,\) \(X\) is said to be defective and the quantity \(\mathrm{def}(X):=\mathrm{codim}\,X^\vee -1\) is called the dual defect of \(X\). In the present paper the authors study the dual defect \(\mathrm{def}(X_A)\) of a projective toric variety \(X_A\) associated to a configuration of points \(A.\) Turns out that \(\mathrm{def}(X_A)\) can be computed from \(A\). Are explored four approaches to the study of the dual defect of \(X_A\) from \(A:\) non-splitting flags, iterated circuits, \(\underline{\sigma}\)-matrices and Cayley configurations.