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Covers such topics as tangent spaces to sub varieties of projective spaces and complex tori, projections of algebraic varieties, classification of Severi varieties, higher secant varieties, and classification of Scorza varieties over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero.

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Theorem on tangencies and Gauss maps Projections of algebraic varieties Varieties of small codimension corresponding to orbits of algebraic groups Severi varieties Linear systems of hyperplane sections on varieties of small codimension Scorza varieties References Index of notations.

Tangents and Secants of Algebraic Varieties

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      Publisher American Mathematical Society
      Published 5/30/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780821838372
      978-0821838372
      ISBN-10 0821838377

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Covers such topics as tangent spaces to sub varieties of projective spaces and complex tori, projections of algebraic varieties, classification of Severi varieties, higher secant varieties, and classification of Scorza varieties over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero.

      Table of Contents
      Theorem on tangencies and Gauss maps Projections of algebraic varieties Varieties of small codimension corresponding to orbits of algebraic groups Severi varieties Linear systems of hyperplane sections on varieties of small codimension Scorza varieties References Index of notations.

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