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On the branch curve of a general projection of a surface to a plane

Ciro Ciliberto, Flaminio Flamini

Published 2008-11-04, updated 2010-06-16Version 2

In this paper we prove that the branch curve of a general projection of a surface to the plane is irreducible, with only nodes and cusps.

Comments: 14 pages. Accepted for publication in Transactions of AMS
Categories: math.AG
Subjects: 14N05, 14E20, 14E22, 14J10, 14E05
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