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In algebraic geometry, a projective variety over an algebraically closed field $k$ is a subset of some projective $n$-space $\mathbb P^n$ over $k$ that is the zero-locus of some finite family of homogeneous polynomials of $n + 1$ variables with coefficients in $k$, that generate a prime ideal, the defining ideal of the variety

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Rational normal curve as determinantal variety

We work here over complex numbers. Let $\Omega(Z)$ \begin{pmatrix} L_1 & L_2 & ... & L_n \\ M_1 & M_2 & ... & M_n\\ \end{pmatrix} be a $2 \times n$ matrix of homogeneous linear forms $L_i(Z), M_j(Z) …
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Clemens-Griffiths component birational invariant

Let $X$ be a smooth variety over complex numbers $\mathbb{C}$, say a threefold for sake of better intuition. Is there any geometrical intuition behind the fact that the Clemens-Griffiths component of …
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Chow's Lemma: Mumford's and Grothendieck's (?) definitions

David Mumford gives in his book Algebraic Geometry I, Complex Projective Varieties on page 61 a definition of Chow's Lemma which has at least for me not a usual form: If says that a closed $^*$-analyt …
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Pencil of divisors in algebraic geometry

Let $X \subset \mathbb{P}^n$ be projective variety over alg closed field of char $0$ and $C = V(F), D= V(G) \subset X$ two distinct divisors (e.g. two quadrics, curves or lines lying in a surface,...) …
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Quotient $(V -S)/G$ is a quasi-projective variety for every closed $S \subset V$ with free $...

I have a question about the statement of Remark 1.4 following on Thm 1.3 from Burt Totaro's paper "The Chow Ring of a Classifying Space" (p. 4): Let $G$ be a reductive group over a field $k$. Remark …
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Comparison of classical and Zariski topologies with constructible sets

In David Mumford's book Algebraic Geometry I, Complex Projective Varieties the proof of (3.25) Specialization principle on page 53 contains an argument I not understand. General assumptions: all our v …
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Universal hyperplane section and nondegeneracy of general hyperplane section

I have a question about Exercise 18.11 In Harris' book Algebraic Geometry, on page 231: Give a proof of the nondegeneracy of the general hyperplane section of an projective irreducible nondegenerated …
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Unibranch points (definition for varieties over arbitrary field)

In David Mumford's book Algebraic Geometry I, Complex Projective Varieties treating mainly complex varieties as objects of interest on page 43 he defines what is a topologically unibranch variety $X$ …
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Question about Correspondences from Mumford’s Complex Projective Varieties

I study David Mumford's Algebraic Geometry I - Complex Projective Varieties and have some problems to understand a step in the proof of Lemma 6.7 (b). Firstly, the general setting & preparations arou …
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Proj construction and nilpotent homogenous elements in graded ring

Let $A= \bigoplus_{n \ge 0} A_n$ be a commutative Noetherian graded ring and $f \in A_d$ a nonzero homogeneous element of degree $d>0$. The natural ring map $q:A \to A/(f)$ induces a well defined map …
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