Severi varieties

DOI10.1007/S002090100394zbMATH Open0999.14008arXivmath/0102042OpenAlexW4236422338MaRDI QIDQ697338FDOQ697338

Authors: Pierre-Emmanuel Chaput 

Publication date: 17 September 2002

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: R. Hartshorne conjectured and F. Zak proved that any n-dimensional smooth non-degenerate complex algebraic variety X in a m-dimensional projective space P satisfies Sec(X)=P if m<3n/2+2. In this article, I deal with the limiting case of this theorem, namely the Severi varieties, defined by the conditions m=3n/2+2 and Sec(X) different from P. I want to give a different proof of a theorem of F. Zak classifying all Severi varieties: I will prove that any Severi variety is homogeneous and then deduce their classification and the following geometric property : the derivatives of the equation of Sec(X), which is a cubic hypersurface, determine a birational morphism of P.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0102042

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Severi varieties

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Birational automorphisms, Cremona group and generalizations (14E07) Families, moduli, classification: algebraic theory (14J10) Homogeneous spaces and generalizations (14M17)

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