On the secant varieties of tangential varieties

Abstract: Let

X s u b s e t m a t h b b P^{r}

be an integral and non-degenerate variety. Let

s i g m a_{a, b} (X) s u b s e t e q m a t h b b P^{r}

,

(a, b) i n m a t h b b N^{2}

, be the join of

a

copies of

X

and

b

copies of the tangential variety of

X

. Using the classical Alexander-Hirschowitz theorem (case

b = 0

) and a recent paper by H. Abo and N. Vannieuwenhoven (case

a = 0

) we compute

d i m s i g m a_{a, b} (X)

in many cases when

X

is the

d

-Veronese embedding of

m a t h b b P^{n}

. This is related to certain additive decompositions of homogeneous polynomials. We give a general theorem proving that

d i m s i g m a_{0, b} (X)

is the expected one when

X = Y i m e s m a t h b b P^{1}

has a suitable Segre-Veronese style embedding in

m a t h b b P^{r}

. As a corollary we prove that if

d_{i} g e 3

,

1 l e i l e n

, and

(d_{1} + 1) (d_{2} + 1) g e 38

the tangential variety of

(m a t h b b P^{1})^{n}

embedded by

| m a t h c a l O_{(m a t h b b P^{1})^{n}} (d_{1}, d o t s, d_{n}) |

is not defective and a similar statement for

m a t h b b P^{n} i m e s m a t h b b P^{1}

. For an arbitrary

X

and an ample line bundle

L

on

X

we prove the existence of an integer

k_{0}

such that for all

t g e k_{0}

the tangential variety of

X

with respect to

| L^{o t i m e s t} |

is not defective.

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