Determinant of complexes and higher Hessians
alg-geom
2008-02-03 v1 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
Let be a smooth algebraic curve in projective space, over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. For each , the -flexes of are defined as the points where the osculating hypersurface of degree has higher contact than expected, and a hypersurface is called a -Hessian if it cuts along its -flexes. When is a complete intersection, we give an expression for a (rational) -Hessian as the Div (in the sense of Grothendieck-Knudsen-Mumford) of a complex of graded free modules naturally associated to . The construction of this complex involves relating sheaves of differential operators on a scheme and a subscheme, and higher Euler sequences on projective space.
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@article{arxiv.alg-geom/9601001,
title = {Determinant of complexes and higher Hessians},
author = {Fernando Cukierman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:alg-geom/9601001},
year = {2008}
}
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