Terracini loci and a codimension one Alexander-Hirschowitz theorem
Algebraic Geometry
2025-08-05 v4 Commutative Algebra
Abstract
The Terracini locus is the locus of all finite subsets of of cardinality such that , , and . The celebrated Alexander-Hirschowitz Theorem classifies the triples for which . Here we fully characterize the next step in the case , namely, we prove that has at least one irreducible component of dimension if and only if either , or , and .
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@article{arxiv.2407.18751,
title = {Terracini loci and a codimension one Alexander-Hirschowitz theorem},
author = {Edoardo Ballico and Maria Chiara Brambilla and Claudio Fontanari},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.18751},
year = {2025}
}
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Revised version. 13 pages