A Pascal's Theorem for rational normal curves
Abstract
Pascal's Theorem gives a synthetic geometric condition for six points in to lie on a conic. Namely, that the intersection points , , are aligned. One could ask an analogous question in higher dimension: is there a coordinate-free condition for points in to lie on a degree rational normal curve? In this paper we find many of these conditions by writing in the Grassmann-Cayley algebra the defining equations of the parameter space of ordered points in that lie on a rational normal curve. These equations were introduced and studied in a previous joint work of the authors with Giansiracusa and Moon. We conclude with an application in the case of seven points on a twisted cubic.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1903.00460,
title = {A Pascal's Theorem for rational normal curves},
author = {Alessio Caminata and Luca Schaffler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.00460},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
17 pages, 1 figure. Final version. To appear in Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society