Osculating spaces to secant varieties

DOI10.1007/BF02875735zbMATH Open1098.14040arXivmath/0406322MaRDI QIDQ2569869FDOQ2569869

Authors: Cristiano Bocci, E. Ballico, Enrico Carlini, Claudio Fontanari 

Publication date: 26 April 2006

Published in: Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We generalize the classical Terracini's Lemma to higher order osculating spaces to secant varieties. As an application, we address with the so-called Horace method the case of the $d$-Veronese embedding of the projective 3-space.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0406322

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zbMATH Keywords

Laplace equationosculating spacesecant varietyHorace methodTerracini's Lemma

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Projective techniques in algebraic geometry (14N05)

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