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Secant varieties of Grassmann varieties
Authors:
M. V. Catalisano, A. V. Geramita and A. Gimigliano
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 133 (2005), 633-642
MSC (2000):
Primary 14M15, 15A75
Posted:
October 7, 2004
MathSciNet review:
2113908
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Abstract: We consider the dimensions of the higher secant varieties of the Grassmann varieties. We give new instances where these secant varieties have the expected dimension and also a new example where a higher secant variety does not.
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M. V. Catalisano
Affiliation:
DIPEM, Facoltá di Ingegneria, Università di Genova, Italy
Email:
catalisano@dipem.unige.it
A. V. Geramita
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Genova, Italy — and — Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queens’ University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Email:
geramita@dima.unige.it
A. Gimigliano
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Matematica and CIRAM, Università di Bologna, Italy
Email:
gimiglia@dm.unibo.it
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-04-07632-4
PII:
S 0002-9939(04)07632-4
Received by editor(s):
November 26, 2002
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
October 2, 2003
Posted:
October 7, 2004
Additional Notes:
The first author was supported in part by MIUR funds
The second author was supported in part by MIUR funds, and by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
The third author was supported in part by the University of Bologna, funds for selected research topics, and by MIUR funds
Communicated by:
Michael Stillman
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