Segre's reflexivity and an inductive characterization of hyperquadrics

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn , Issue 763, 2002, Pages

  Kachi, Yasuyuki ^a   Sato, Eiichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deformation of vector bundles; Distribution of cycles; Generalized Lefschetz principle; Grassmannian variety; Intersection theory; Kuranishi space; Secant degeneracy; Segre's reflexivity; Severi variety; Universal bundle; Universal pseudo quotient

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EID: 85088720305     PISSN: 00659266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/memo/0763     Document Type: Article

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