On the Griffiths-Harris conjecture on varieties with degenerate Gauss mappings
Algebraic Geometry
2007-05-23 v2 Differential Geometry
Abstract
We exhibit examples of projective varieties with degenerate Gauss mappings and determine numerical invariants of such varieties. Our examples provide counter-examples to an asserted structure theorem of Griffiths and Harris (Ann. Sci. ENS 1979).
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@article{arxiv.math/9908079,
title = {On the Griffiths-Harris conjecture on varieties with degenerate Gauss mappings},
author = {M. A. Akivis and V. V. Goldberg and J. M. Landsberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9908079},
year = {2007}
}
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3 pages