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Apr 10, 2020 at 17:03 answer added Libli timeline score: 4
Apr 10, 2020 at 4:32 comment added abx Try to write down equations for an elliptic curve of degree 5 in $\Bbb{P}^3$, you'll understand why there is no easy answer.
Apr 9, 2020 at 19:27 comment added Alex M. @user69559: It would help to know if $\mathcal C$ is $C$, and who is $B$.
Apr 9, 2020 at 15:52 comment added Will Sawin I would still recommend you take this more general question, write it up carefully, and ask it on math stack exchange.
Apr 9, 2020 at 10:02 comment added Basics Now I have edited the question so that the smoothed elliptic curve is not a complete intersection.
Apr 9, 2020 at 9:55 history edited Basics CC BY-SA 4.0
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Apr 9, 2020 at 9:50 comment added Basics @abx, I got it! Maybe I simplified too much. The orginal problem I had in my mind is: for $p_1, p_2, \cdots, p_k$ in $\mathbb P^n$, I wanted to constuct an explicit smoothing of the union of lines: $$l_{12} \cup l_{23} \cup \cdots \cup l_{n1}$$ to an elliptic curve.
Apr 9, 2020 at 9:34 comment added abx Not the union, the intersection! Just deform $Q'$ to a general quadric. Note that we are in $\Bbb{P}^3$, in case you didn't notice.
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Apr 9, 2020 at 9:26 comment added Basics @abx, I had tried in that way but what's next? $Q$ and $Q'$ need to intersect with each other at two points and one needs to deform the union of $Q$ and $Q'$ to a single elliptic curve. It is not clear to me how to proceed.
Apr 9, 2020 at 9:14 comment added abx Write $C$ as an intersection of 2 quadrics, for instance, a smooth quadric $Q$ and the union $Q'$ of 2 tangent planes, and deform $Q'$.
Apr 9, 2020 at 9:00 comment added Sasha This would be more appropriate on math.stackexchange
Apr 9, 2020 at 8:45 comment added Basics No, it is not. It is related with my research( I simplified a little bit) Is it an easy question that can be on a homework? Then please give me an answer!
Apr 9, 2020 at 8:42 comment added Sasha Is it your homework?
Apr 9, 2020 at 8:40 history asked Basics CC BY-SA 4.0