On higher secant varieties of rational normal scrolls

In this paper we study the higher secant varieties of rational normal scrolls, in particular we give them as determinantal varieties. From this we can obtain, in some cases, the sequence of secant defects, generalizing to a class of varieties and to every characteristic the counterexample given by Å...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pietro De Poi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Catania 1996-05-01
Series:Le Matematiche
Online Access:http://www.dmi.unict.it/ojs/index.php/lematematiche/article/view/422