On the inseparability of the Gauss map
On the inseparability of the Gauss map
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论高斯图的不可分性
DOI:
10.1090/conm/123/1143550
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发表时间:
1990
影响因子:
0.6
通讯作者:
R. Piene
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作者:
S. Kleiman;R. Piene
Let X be a smooth complete intersection of degree at least 2, and consider these two new conjectures: (1) A general embedded tangent space is tangent at a unique point; in other words, the Gauss map is purely inseparable. (2) If X is a hypersurface of degree at least 3 whose dual hypersurface is also smooth, then X is either a plane cubic in characteristic 2 or the Fermat hypersurface with equation L: xj+1 = 0 where q is a power of the characteristic. Both conjectures are known to hold if X is a curve; in this paper, they are proved if X is a surface, and supported if X is an n-fold, n ~ 3. In addition, the separable degree of the Gauss map of an arbitrary projective curve Cis related to the number of cusps.