A bound on the degree of schemes defined by quadratic equations

DOI10.1515/FORM.2011.081zbMATH Open1263.14052arXiv1006.5857OpenAlexW2963103030MaRDI QIDQ2905091FDOQ2905091

Authors: José Carlos Sierra, Alberto Alzati 

Publication date: 24 August 2012

Published in: Forum Mathematicum (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider complex projective schemes $XsubsetBbb{P}^r$ defined by quadratic equations and satisfying a technical hypothesis on the fibres of the rational map associated to the linear system of quadrics defining $X$. Our assumption is related to the syzygies of the defining equations and, in particular, it is weaker than properties $N_2$, $N_{2,2}$ and $K_2$. In this setting, we show that the degree, $d$, of $XsubsetBbb{P}^r$ is bounded by a function of its codimension, $c$, whose asymptotic behaviour is given by $2^c/sqrt[4]pic$, thus improving the obvious bound $dleq{2}^c$. More precisely, we get the bound $$. Furthermore, if $X$ satisfies property $N_p$ or $N_{2,p}$ we obtain the better bound $$. Some classification results are also given when equality holds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.5857

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zbMATH Keywords

syzygies2-Veronese embeddingvarieties defined by quadrics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Syzygies, resolutions, complexes and commutative rings (13D02) Rational and birational maps (14E05) Projective techniques in algebraic geometry (14N05) Special varieties (14M99)

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