Linear subspaces of minimal codimension in hypersurfaces

David Kazhdan, Alexander Polishchuk

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Abstract

Let k be a perfect field and let X ⊂ PN be a hypersurface of degree d defined over k and containing a linear subspace L defined over k with codimPNL = r. We show that X contains a linear subspace L0 defined over k with codimPNL ≤ dr. We conjecture that the intersection of all linear subspaces (over k) of minimal codimension r contained in X, has codimension bounded above only in terms of r and d. We prove this when either d ≤ 3 or r ≤ 2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)143-166
Number of pages24
JournalMathematical Research Letters
Volume30
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

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