{
  "id": "math/0610081",
  "version": "v3",
  "published": "2006-10-02T16:52:51.000Z",
  "updated": "2007-10-23T18:28:19.000Z",
  "title": "Regularity and Normality of the Secant Variety to a Projective Curve",
  "authors": [
    "Peter Vermeire"
  ],
  "comment": "Version to appear in Journal of Algebra; evidence for main conjectures added",
  "categories": [
    "math.AG",
    "math.AC"
  ],
  "abstract": "For a smooth curve of genus $g$ embedded by a line bundle of degree at least $2g+3$ we show that the ideal sheaf of the secant variety is 5-regular. This bound is sharp with respect to both the degree of the embedding and the bound on the regularity. Further, we show that the secant variety is projectively normal for the generic embedding of degree at least $2g+3$. We also give a conjectural description of the resolutions of the ideals of higher secant varieties.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v3",
      "updated": "2007-10-23T18:28:19.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "14F05",
      "14D20",
      "14J60"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "secant variety",
      "projective curve",
      "regularity",
      "higher secant varieties",
      "smooth curve"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2006math.....10081V"
    }
  }
}