Higher order polar and reciprocal polar loci

DOI10.1017/9781108877855.008zbMATH Open1489.14069arXiv2002.03691OpenAlexW4220886789MaRDI QIDQ5081885FDOQ5081885

Authors: Ragni Piene 

Publication date: 17 June 2022

Published in: Facets of Algebraic Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this note we introduce higher order polar loci as natural generalizations of the classical polar loci, replacing the role of tangent spaces by that of higher order osculating spaces. The close connection between polar loci and dual varieties carries over to a connection between higher order polar loci and higher order dual varieties. We generalize the duality between the degrees of polar classes of a variety and those of its dual variety to varieties that are reflexive to a higher order. In particular, the degree of the top (highest codimension) polar class of order k is equal to the degree of the k-th dual variety. We define higher order Euclidean normal bundles and use them to define higher order reciprocal polar loci and classes. We give examples of how to compute the degrees of the higher order polar and reciprocal polar classes in some special cases: curves, scrolls, and toric varieties.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.03691

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Projective techniques in algebraic geometry (14N05) Secant varieties, tensor rank, varieties of sums of powers (14N07)

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