Secant varieties of adjoint varieties: Orbit decomposition

Journal of Algebra

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-44

  Kaji, Hajime ^a   Yasukura, Osami ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjoint varieties; Orbit decomposition; Secant varieties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034178775     PISSN: 00218693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jabr.1999.8223     Document Type: Article

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