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Geometric Syzygies of Elliptic Normal Curves and their Secant Varieties

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We show that the linear syzygy spaces of elliptic normal curves, their secant varieties and of bielliptic canonical curves are spanned by geometric syzygies.

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    Hans-Christian Graf v. Bothmer & Klaus Hulek

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Bothmer, HC., Hulek, K. Geometric Syzygies of Elliptic Normal Curves and their Secant Varieties. manuscripta math. 113, 35–68 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00229-003-0421-1

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