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On a Lemma of Bompiani

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We reprove in modern terms and extend to arbitrary dimension a classical result of Enrico Bompiani on algebraic surfaces X\PPrX \subset \PP^r having very degenerate osculating spaces.

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0406318,
  title  = {On a Lemma of Bompiani},
  author = {Edoardo Ballico and Claudio Fontanari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0406318},
  year   = {2007}
}
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