Rational Curves on Smooth Cubic Hypersurfaces
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We prove that the space of rational curves of a fixed degree on any smooth cubic hypersurface of dimension at least four is irreducible and of the expected dimension. Our methods also show that the space of rational curves of a fixed degree on a general hypersurface in Pn of degree 2d ≤ min(n+4, 2n−2) and dimension at least three is irreducible and of the expected dimension.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008