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Quasi-complete homogeneous contact manifold associated to a cubic form

Algebraic Geometry 2008-12-22 v1

Abstract

Starting from a cubic form, we give a general construction of a quasi-complete homogeneous manifold endowed with a natural contact structure. We show that it can be compactified into a projective contact manifold if and only if the cubic form is the determinant of a simple cubic Jordan algebra.

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@article{arxiv.0812.3777,
  title  = {Quasi-complete homogeneous contact manifold associated to a cubic form},
  author = {Jun-Muk Hwang and Laurent Manivel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.3777},
  year   = {2008}
}

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9 pages