Secant varieties to osculating varieties of Veronese embeddings of $\mathbb{P}^n$
Algebraic Geometry
2011-05-19 v2 Commutative Algebra
Abstract
A well known theorem by Alexander-Hirschowitz states that all the higher secant varieties of (the -uple embedding of ) have the expected dimension, with few known exceptions. We study here the same problem for , the tangential variety to , and prove a conjecture, which is the analogous of Alexander-Hirschowitz theorem, for . Moreover. we prove that it holds for any if it holds for . Then we generalize to the case of , the -osculating variety to , proving, for , a conjecture that relates the defectivity of to the Hilbert function of certain sets of fat points in .
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@article{arxiv.0807.2455,
title = {Secant varieties to osculating varieties of Veronese embeddings of $\mathbb{P}^n$},
author = {A. Bernardi and M. V. Catalisano and A. Gimigliano and M. Idà},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.2455},
year = {2011}
}
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23 pages