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is the Zariski closure of the union of the linear spaces spanned by collections of k+1 points on
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be a smooth curve. Since the dimension of the secant variety
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is a surface that does not lie in a hyperplane and if
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A secant variety can be used to show the fact that a
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It is also the image under the projection 8: 800:can be embedded into the projective 3-space 652:{\displaystyle \Sigma _{k}=\mathbb {P} ^{r}} 411: 361: 1287: 1273: 1102: 1098: 1097: 1076: 1064:{\displaystyle S\subset \mathbb {P} ^{5}} 1055: 1051: 1050: 1041: 1011: 1007: 1006: 984: 978: 949: 943: 915: 911: 910: 907: 877: 857:{\displaystyle C\subset \mathbb {P} ^{r}} 848: 844: 843: 834: 813: 809: 808: 805: 751: 730: 724: 700: 670: 664: 643: 639: 638: 628: 622: 601: 595: 575: 549: 543: 504: 472: 437: 385: 359: 328: 324: 323: 313: 303: 299: 298: 285: 279: 245: 243: 217: 184: 166: 142: 118: 114: 113: 110: 86:{\displaystyle V\subset \mathbb {P} ^{r}} 77: 73: 72: 63: 24: 492:{\displaystyle \operatorname {Sect} (V)} 44:{\displaystyle \operatorname {Sect} (V)} 1135: 692:, but may have other singular points. 1178:Eisenbud, David; Joe, Harris (2016), 7: 1241: 1239: 1225:, (1992) Springer-Verlag, New York. 1259:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 1223:Algebraic Geometry, A First Course 727: 667: 625: 598: 14: 1243: 1205:Principles of Algebraic Geometry 924:{\displaystyle \mathbb {P} ^{r}} 822:{\displaystyle \mathbb {P} ^{3}} 263:{\displaystyle {\overline {xy}}} 127:{\displaystyle \mathbb {P} ^{r}} 1090: 1084: 996: 659:, it is always singular along 486: 480: 386: 382: 364: 319: 310: 294: 156: 150: 38: 32: 1: 685:{\displaystyle \Sigma _{k-1}} 973:, which gives the embedding 872:has dimension at most 3, if 255: 194: 1167:Griffiths & Harris 1994 1155:Griffiths & Harris 1994 1143:Griffiths & Harris 1994 739:{\displaystyle \Sigma _{k}} 610:{\displaystyle \Sigma _{k}} 16:In algebraic geometry, the 1327: 1238: 527:{\displaystyle 2\dim V+1} 460:{\displaystyle 2\dim V+1} 1311:Algebraic geometry stubs 958:{\displaystyle \pi _{p}} 898:, then there is a point 590:. It may be denoted by 1255:–related article is a 1112: 1065: 1027: 959: 925: 892: 891:{\displaystyle r>3} 858: 823: 775: 774:{\displaystyle kd+d+k} 740: 709: 686: 653: 611: 584: 562: 561:{\displaystyle k^{th}} 528: 499:has dimension at most 493: 461: 418: 338: 264: 232: 203: 128: 87: 45: 1113: 1066: 1028: 960: 926: 893: 859: 824: 776: 741: 710: 687: 654: 612: 585: 563: 529: 494: 462: 419: 339: 265: 233: 204: 129: 88: 46: 1075: 1040: 977: 942: 906: 876: 833: 804: 750: 723: 699: 663: 621: 594: 574: 542: 537:More generally, the 503: 471: 436: 358: 278: 242: 216: 141: 109: 97:of the union of all 62: 23: 935:and so we have the 719:, the dimension of 231:{\displaystyle x=y} 1306:Algebraic geometry 1253:algebraic geometry 1108: 1061: 1023: 955: 921: 888: 854: 819: 771: 736: 705: 682: 649: 607: 580: 558: 524: 489: 457: 414: 334: 260: 228: 199: 183: 124: 83: 57:projective variety 41: 1268: 1267: 783:Terracini's lemma 708:{\displaystyle V} 583:{\displaystyle V} 350:incidence variety 258: 197: 162: 53:variety of chords 1318: 1289: 1282: 1275: 1247: 1240: 1218: 1192: 1170: 1164: 1158: 1152: 1146: 1140: 1124:Veronese surface 1117: 1115: 1114: 1109: 1107: 1106: 1101: 1070: 1068: 1067: 1062: 1060: 1059: 1054: 1032: 1030: 1029: 1024: 1022: 1021: 1010: 989: 988: 969:to a hyperplane 964: 962: 961: 956: 954: 953: 930: 928: 927: 922: 920: 919: 914: 897: 895: 894: 889: 863: 861: 860: 855: 853: 852: 847: 829:as follows. Let 828: 826: 825: 820: 818: 817: 812: 798:projective curve 780: 778: 777: 772: 745: 743: 742: 737: 735: 734: 714: 712: 711: 706: 691: 689: 688: 683: 681: 680: 658: 656: 655: 650: 648: 647: 642: 633: 632: 616: 614: 613: 608: 606: 605: 589: 587: 586: 581: 567: 565: 564: 559: 557: 556: 533: 531: 530: 525: 498: 496: 495: 490: 466: 464: 463: 458: 423: 421: 420: 415: 389: 343: 341: 340: 335: 333: 332: 327: 318: 317: 308: 307: 302: 290: 289: 269: 267: 266: 261: 259: 254: 246: 237: 235: 234: 229: 208: 206: 205: 200: 198: 193: 185: 182: 133: 131: 130: 125: 123: 122: 117: 92: 90: 89: 84: 82: 81: 76: 50: 48: 47: 42: 1326: 1325: 1321: 1320: 1319: 1317: 1316: 1315: 1296: 1295: 1294: 1293: 1236: 1215: 1195: 1190: 1177: 1174: 1173: 1165: 1161: 1153: 1149: 1141: 1137: 1132: 1096: 1073: 1072: 1049: 1038: 1037: 1005: 980: 975: 974: 945: 940: 939: 931:that is not on 909: 904: 903: 874: 873: 842: 831: 830: 807: 802: 801: 791: 748: 747: 726: 721: 720: 697: 696: 666: 661: 660: 637: 624: 619: 618: 597: 592: 591: 572: 571: 545: 540: 539: 501: 500: 469: 468: 434: 433: 356: 355: 344:of the closure 322: 309: 297: 281: 276: 275: 247: 240: 239: 214: 213: 186: 139: 138: 112: 107: 106: 95:Zariski closure 71: 60: 59: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 1324: 1322: 1314: 1313: 1308: 1298: 1297: 1292: 1291: 1284: 1277: 1269: 1266: 1265: 1248: 1234: 1233: 1219: 1213: 1193: 1189:978-1107602724 1188: 1172: 1171: 1159: 1147: 1134: 1133: 1131: 1128: 1105: 1100: 1095: 1092: 1089: 1086: 1083: 1080: 1058: 1053: 1048: 1045: 1033:. Now repeat. 1020: 1017: 1014: 1009: 1004: 1001: 998: 995: 992: 987: 983: 952: 948: 918: 913: 887: 884: 881: 851: 846: 841: 838: 816: 811: 790: 787: 770: 767: 764: 761: 758: 755: 733: 729: 715:has dimension 704: 679: 676: 673: 669: 646: 641: 636: 631: 627: 604: 600: 579: 568:secant variety 555: 552: 548: 523: 520: 517: 514: 511: 508: 488: 485: 482: 479: 476: 456: 453: 450: 447: 444: 441: 432:has dimension 426: 425: 413: 410: 407: 404: 401: 398: 395: 392: 388: 384: 381: 378: 375: 372: 369: 366: 363: 331: 326: 321: 316: 312: 306: 301: 296: 293: 288: 284: 257: 253: 250: 227: 224: 221: 210: 209: 196: 192: 189: 181: 178: 175: 172: 169: 165: 161: 158: 155: 152: 149: 146: 121: 116: 80: 75: 70: 67: 40: 37: 34: 31: 28: 18:secant variety 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1323: 1312: 1309: 1307: 1304: 1303: 1301: 1290: 1285: 1283: 1278: 1276: 1271: 1270: 1264: 1262: 1258: 1254: 1249: 1246: 1242: 1237: 1232: 1231:0-387-97716-3 1228: 1224: 1220: 1216: 1214:0-471-05059-8 1210: 1206: 1202: 1198: 1197:Griffiths, P. 1194: 1191: 1185: 1181: 1176: 1175: 1168: 1163: 1160: 1156: 1151: 1148: 1144: 1139: 1136: 1129: 1127: 1125: 1121: 1103: 1093: 1087: 1081: 1078: 1056: 1046: 1043: 1034: 1018: 1015: 1012: 1002: 999: 993: 990: 985: 981: 972: 968: 950: 946: 938: 934: 916: 901: 885: 882: 879: 871: 867: 849: 839: 836: 814: 799: 796: 788: 786: 784: 768: 765: 762: 759: 756: 753: 731: 718: 702: 693: 677: 674: 671: 644: 634: 629: 602: 577: 569: 553: 550: 546: 535: 521: 518: 515: 512: 509: 506: 483: 477: 474: 454: 451: 448: 445: 442: 439: 431: 408: 405: 402: 399: 396: 393: 390: 379: 376: 373: 370: 367: 354: 353: 352: 351: 347: 329: 314: 304: 291: 286: 282: 273: 251: 248: 225: 222: 219: 190: 187: 179: 176: 173: 170: 167: 163: 159: 153: 147: 144: 137: 136: 135: 119: 104: 100: 96: 78: 68: 65: 58: 54: 35: 29: 26: 19: 1261:expanding it 1250: 1235: 1222: 1221:Joe Harris, 1204: 1179: 1162: 1150: 1138: 1119: 1035: 970: 966: 932: 899: 869: 865: 792: 716: 694: 538: 536: 429: 427: 345: 272:tangent line 211: 102: 101:(chords) to 99:secant lines 52: 17: 15: 1182:, C. 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Index

projective variety
Zariski closure
secant lines
tangent line
incidence variety
Terracini's lemma
smooth
projective curve
projection
Veronese surface
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