Equations and syzygies of the first secant variety to a smooth curve (Q2845537)

Fix integers \(x>0\), \(y\geq 0\). A variety \(Z\subset \mathbb {P}^n\) satisfies \(N_{x,y}\) if the homogeneous ideal of \(Z\) is generated in degree \(x\) and the syzygies among the equations are linear for \(y-1\) steps [\textit{D. Eisenbud}, \textit{M. Green}, \textit{K. Hulek} and \textit{S. Popescu}, Compos. Math. 141, No. 6, 1460--1478 (2005; Zbl 1086.14044)]. Let \(C\subset \mathbb {P}^n\) be a smooth curve of genus \(g\) linearly normally embedded by a line bundle of degree \(d\). Let \(\Sigma\) be the secant variety of \(C\). In this paper the author proves that \(\Sigma\) satisfies \(N_{3,p}\) if \(d\geq 2g+p+3\) (using the Koszul approach of M. Green and R. Lazarfeld). For higher secant varieties of \(C\) there is a very interesting open conjecture [\textit{J. Sidman} and \textit{P. Vermeire}, Algebra Number Theory 3, No. 4, 445--465 (2009; Zbl 1169.13304)].