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On secant defective varieties, in particular of dimension 4

Algebraic Geometry 2020-11-03 v1

Abstract

In this paper we prove some general results on secant defective varieties. Then we focus on the 4--dimensional case and we give the full classification of secant defective 4--folds. This paper has been inspired by classical work by G. Scorza,

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@article{arxiv.2011.01105,
  title  = {On secant defective varieties, in particular of dimension 4},
  author = {Luca Chiantini and Ciro Ciliberto and Francesco Russo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.01105},
  year   = {2020}
}