Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6425555 Advances in Mathematics 2016 17 Pages PDF
Abstract

In this paper, we show that the secant variety to a smooth projective variety embedded by a sufficiently positive line bundle is normal. As an application, we deduce that the secant variety to a general canonical curve of genus at least 7 is normal.

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On the normality of secant varieties
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