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Topological Radon transforms and degree formulas for dual varieties

Author(s): Yutaka Matsui; Kiyoshi Takeuchi
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), 2365-2373.
MSC (2000): Primary 14B05, 14N99, 32C38, 35A27, 53A20
Posted: March 11, 2008
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Abstract: We give a simpler and purely topological proof of Ernström's class formula (1997) for the degree of dual varieties. Our new proof also allows us to obtain a formula describing the degrees of the associated varieties studied by Gelfand, Kapranov and Zelevinsky (1994).


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Additional Information:

Yutaka Matsui
Affiliation: Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8914, Japan
Email: you317@ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Kiyoshi Takeuchi
Affiliation: Institute of Mathematics, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8571, Japan
Email: takemicro@nifty.com

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09270-8
PII: S 0002-9939(08)09270-8
Received by editor(s): September 13, 2005,
Received by editor(s) in revised form: November 16, 2006, March 7, 2007, and May 7, 2007
Posted: March 11, 2008
Communicated by: Ted Chinburg
Copyright of article: Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society


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