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Quadric contain tangent variety of a curve in $\mathbb{P}^5$

Let $Q^4 \subset \mathbb{P}^5$ a smooth quadric over $\mathbb{C}$ which is via Pluecker map isomorphic to Grassmannian of lines $\mathbb{G}(1,\mathbb{P}^3)$ in $\mathbb{P}^3$. Consider following ...
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Fundamental group of the complement of some quadric cones

cross-posting from MathSE Problem Consider the domain $$\Omega=\mathbb{C}^4\setminus\{z_0(z_1^2+z_2^2+z_3^2)=0\}$$ and the map $$F:\Omega\to\mathbb{CP}^1\qquad F(z_0,z_1,z_2,z_3)=[z_0^2:z_1^2+z_2^2+...
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Rational normal curves on quadrics

Given a quadric $Q\subseteq\mathbb{P}^r$ and points $p_1,\dots,p_{r+2}\in Q$ in linear general position, a naive dimension count suggests that one should expect finitely many rational normal curves ...
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Intersection of three quadrics: associating something geometric to these analogously to intersection of two quadrics

Consider the smooth intersection of two $4$-dimensional quadrics $Y = Q \cap Q' \subset P^5$. To the Fano threefold $Y$ we can associate a genus $2$ curve as follows. Take the pencil of quadrics $\{ ...
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Linear subspaces of quadric surface over arbitrary fields

I was wondering if there already exists some text that present classical results on quadrics in a modern language. Ideally using the language of schemes, however the setting of varieties over ...
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Projective equivalence for quadrics and their image

Let $\mathbb{K}$ be the complex or real field and $(S_n,\mathcal{K})$ a $\mathbb{K}-$projective space of dimension $n\in\mathbb{N}^*$, where $\mathcal{K}$ is the collection of bijections $\kappa: S\to\...
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Dimensions of the intersection of 8 quadrics

Suppose $e_i,q_i \in \mathbb{R}^3$, $1\leq i \leq 3$ with $\Vert e_i \Vert=1$ are known. Define the projection on the plane orthogonal to $e_i$ $P_i= I-e_i e_i^T$ where $I$ is the $\mathbb{R}^{3\times ...
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How explicitly write a projective transformation between the conics over the univariate function field?

Consider the quadratic forms $$ Q_1 = x^2 + y^2 - (t^2+1)z^2,\qquad Q_2 = x^2 + y^2 - z^2 $$ over the rational function field $\mathbb{F}_p(t)$, where $p > 2$ is a prime such that $t^2 + 1$ is ...
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A Special Case of Maximal Rank Conjecture

A special case of maximal rank conjecture states that for a general curve $C$ and general points $p_1,\dots ,p_n\in C$ the map $$Sym^2H^0(K_C-p_1-\dots -p_n)\to H^0(K_C^{\otimes 2}-2p_1-\dots -2p_n)$$ ...
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Quadrics passing through a point of a variety that are parametrized by a quadric

Let $X\subset\mathbb{P}^{N}$ be a $n$-dimensional algebraic variety and let $x\in X$. Let us suppose that $$ \hat{Y}=\{\text{quadrics $Q\subset X$ of dimension $\frac{n}{2}$ such that $x\in Q$}\} $$ ...
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Pascal and Brianchon's theorems generalized for hyperbolic paraboloid

I know that giving a general version of these two theorems for quadrics can be quite tricky, but if we restrict ourselves to a verssion that holds for the hyperbolic paraboloid only it should be ...
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Odd-Dimensional Complex Quadrics

It's well known that the even-dimensional complex quadric $Q_{2n}$, defined by the equation $z_1^2+\cdots +z_{2n+2}^2=0$ in complex projective space $CP^{2n+1}$, is diffeomorphic with the Grassmann ...
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Is there any way of explaining the Cayley/Beltrami–Klein metric to undergrads?

How to explain the Cayley-Klein or sometimes called Beltrami–Klein metric concept to find the distance between two points in a hyperbolic space to an audience with no higher education than maybe a ...
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