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Ordinary Singularities of Algebraic Curves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Ferruccio Orecchia
Ferruccio Orecchia*
Affiliation:
Istttuto di Matematica Dell, ‘Universita’ di Genova, Via L. B. Alberti, 4, 16132-Genova-Italy
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Abstract

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Let A be the local ring at a singular point p of an algebraic reduced curve. Let M (resp. Ml,..., Mh) be the maximal ideal of A (resp. of Ā). In this paper we want to classify ordinary singularities p with reduced tangent cone: Spec(G(A)). We prove that G(A) is reduced if and only if: p is an ordinary singularity, and the vector spaces span the vector space . If the points of the projectivized tangent cone Proj(G(A)) are in generic position then p is an ordinary singularity if and only if G(A) is reduced. We give an example which shows that the preceding equivalence is not true in general.

Keywords

13H1514H2014H45Algebraic curveordinary singularitybranchestangent conetangent spaceVeronese embedding
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , 01 December 1981 , pp. 423 - 431
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1981

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