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Base loci of linear systems and the Waring problem

Algebraic Geometry 2007-11-01 v1

Abstract

Waring problem for homogeneus forms asks for additive decomposition of a form ff into powers of linear forms. A classical problem is to determine when such a decomposition is unique. In this note I refine the work in arXiv:math/0406288v1 and answer this question under a divisibility assumption. To do this I translate the algebraic statement into a geometric one concerning the base loci of linear systems of PnP^n with assigned singularities.

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@article{arxiv.0710.5876,
  title  = {Base loci of linear systems and the Waring problem},
  author = {M. Mella},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.5876},
  year   = {2007}
}

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