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Images of the Polar maps for Hypersurfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2008-11-06 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

For a projective hypersurface XnX \subset \P^n, the images of the polar maps of degree kk are studied. The cohomology class defined by these maps is calculated and classical results on dual varieties are presented as applications.

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@article{arxiv.0811.0754,
  title  = {Images of the Polar maps for Hypersurfaces},
  author = {Luis E. Lopez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.0754},
  year   = {2008}
}

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8 pages, 1 figure