Projective varieties of maximal sectional regularity

Abstract: We study projective varieties

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

of dimension

n g e q 2

, of codimension

c g e q 3

and of degree

d g e q c + 3

that are of maximal sectional regularity, i.e. varieties for which the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity

e g (m a t h c a l C)

of a general linear curve section is equal to

d - c + 1

, the maximal possible value (see cite{GruLPe}). As one of the main results we classify all varieties of maximal sectional regularity. If

X

is a variety of maximal sectional regularity, then either (a) it is a divisor on a rational normal

(n + 1)

-fold scroll

Y s u b s e t m a t h b b P^{n + 3}

or else (b) there is an

n

-dimensional linear subspace

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

such that

X c a p m a t h b b F s u b s e t m a t h b b F

is a hypersurface of degree

d - c + 1

. Moreover, suppose that

n = 2

or the characteristic of the ground field is zero. Then in case (b) we obtain a precise description of

X

as a birational linear projection of a rational normal

n

-fold scroll.

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