On the irreducibility of secant cones, and an application to linear normality

Duke Mathematical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 389-401

  Lopez, Angelo Felice ^a   Ran, Ziv ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0037872642     PISSN: 00127094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/S0012-7094-03-11731-7     Document Type: Article

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