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A note on secant defective varieties and Clifford modules

Algebraic Geometry 2023-06-16 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We generalise a construction of Landsberg, which associates certain Clifford algebra representations to Severi varieties. We thus obtain a new proof of Russo's Divisibility Property for LQEL varieties.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2306.09188,
  title  = {A note on secant defective varieties and Clifford modules},
  author = {Oliver Nash},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.09188},
  year   = {2023}
}
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