On the moduli space of hypersurfaces singular along a subscheme of large dimension but small degree

Abstract: Let

k

be an algebraically closed field. Fix integers

n

and

b

with

n g e q 3

and

1 l e q b l e q n - 1.

Let

T_{k}^{d}

be the moduli space of hypersurfaces

[F]

in

m a t h b b P_{k}^{n}

of degree

l

whose singular locus contains a subscheme of dimension

b

with Hilbert polynomial among the Hilbert polynomials of

b

-dimensional integral closed subschemes of

m a t h b b P^{n}

of degree

d

. We prove that when

l

is sufficiently large and

2 l e q d l e q f r a c l + 1 2,

any irreducible component

Z

of

T_{k}^{d}

satisfies

Z = T_{k}^{1}

or

d i m Z < d i m T_{k}^{1} .

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