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| May 26, 2012 at 22:23 | vote | accept | Neeraj | ||
| May 26, 2012 at 20:50 | history | edited | François Brunault | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 26, 2012 at 19:35 | comment | added | François Brunault | @Will Sawin : Thanks for pointing this out ! The same argument should prove that the hypersurface $h_a(x_1,\ldots,x_n)=0$ is smooth for any $n \geq 3$, which implies that $h_a$ is irreductible. Alternatively, your argument reduces the general case to the case $n=3$. | |
| May 26, 2012 at 19:26 | comment | added | Will Sawin | There is no reason this argument should fail for $n>3$. | |
| May 26, 2012 at 17:41 | history | answered | François Brunault | CC BY-SA 3.0 |