A characterization of the Veronese surface

Ballico, Edoardo

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1989-0953737-5

A characterization of the Veronese surface
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 105 (1989), 531-534 Request permission

Abstract:

Here we prove a slight modification of a conjecture of Beltrametti-Sommese proving that the Veronese surface and a general intersection of 3 quadrics are the only smooth surfaces of ${\mathbf {CP}^5}$ which are $2$-spanned.

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