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How to prove that a specific quadric intersection is complete and irreducible?

Let's borrow the quadric intersection $I$ from another question. More precisely, let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $\neq 2$ and $a_1, a_2, \cdots, a_n \in k^*$ be some ...
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Prescribed intersection of varieties

Every variety here is complex analytic, or complex algebraic if it solves anything. Given a germ of a (possibly singular, nor necessarily irreducible) hypersurface $(H,0)\subset(\mathbb{C}^{n+1},0)$ ...
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Hypersurface of singular plane cubics

In the projective space $\mathbb{P}^9 = \mathbb{P}(\mathbb{C}[x,y,z]_3)$, parametrizing plane cubics, consider the hypersurface $X\subset\mathbb{P}^9$ whose points corresponds to singular cubics. The ...
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Varieties connected by curves in projective spaces of small dimension

Let $X\subset\mathbb{P}^N$ be an irreducible complex variety. Fix an integer $a\geq 2$ and call $P_a$ the following property: given $x_1,\dots,x_a\in X$ general points there exists an irreducible ...
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Linear system on singular plane curve

Let $C \subset \mathbb{P}^2_k$ an irreducible plane curve of degree $d >1$ over algebraically closed field $k$. That is $C=V(f(x,y,z))$ where $f \in k[x,y,z]$ homogeneous of degree $d$. Let $\{...
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Intersection number of divisors with its pull back and its push forward

I am in an ideal situation but I would appreciate a hint. First here is the scenario. Let $\mathcal{J}$ be an the abelian variety obtained from the Jacobian of a genus $2$ curve $\mathcal{H}/k$ ...
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Degree of an isogeny in the endomorphism ring of the jacobian of a curve and self intersection index in its ring of correspondences

I hope this question is not too basic. Let $C/\bar{k}$ be a nonsingular irreducible curve of genus $g$ and $\mathfrak{C}(C\times C)\cong \text{CH}^1(C\times C)$ be its ring of correspondences. I am ...
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Intersection multiplicity of limit linear spaces

Let $X\subset\mathbb{P}^N$ be a smooth projective variety. Let us fix a general point $q \in X$, and let $C\subseteq X$ be a smooth curve passing through $q$. Now let $\Lambda_{\xi, q}$, with $\xi \...
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Can a curve intersect a given curve only at given points?

Clearly the question in the title has a positive answer for analytic (or smooth, or continuous ...) curves, but what about the algebraic category? More specifically, given an irreducible polynomial ...
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Bézout's theorem for arcs in the plane

Consider two polynomials $p,q \in {\mathbb R}[x,y]$, both of degree $d$. Let $\gamma_p$ and $\gamma_q$ be the two curves in ${\mathbb R}^2$ that are defined by these polynomials, and assume that these ...
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F-curves and divisors on $\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}$

It is conjectured that a divisor on $\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}$ would be ample if $D\cdot C >0$ for all F-curves $C\subset \overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}$. Does the intersection degree with all F-...
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Curves with negative self intersection in the product of two curves

I wonder if the following is known: Are there two compact curves C1 and C2 of genus>1 defined over complex numbers, such that their product contains infinite number of irreducible curves of negative ...