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Topics in the Geometry of Projective Space

Part of the book series: DMV Seminar Band 4 ((OWS,volume 4))

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The purpose of these notes is to outline Zak’s classification of smooth subvarieties of projective space with maximally degenerate secant varieties.

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  1. R. Lazarsfeld
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  2. A. Van de Ven
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Lazarsfeld, R., Van de Ven, A. (1984). Introduction. In: Topics in the Geometry of Projective Space. DMV Seminar Band 4, vol 4. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9348-0_2

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