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Singularities of Projective Embedding (Points of order n on an Elliptic Curve)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Akikuni Kato
Akikuni Kato*
Affiliation:
Nagoya Institute for Technology Department of Mathematics
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In the Plücker formula for a curve embedded in a higher dimensional projective space, one encounters the notion of stationary point (cf, [B], [W]). W. F. Pohl gave new view point about it in terms of vector bundles and he defined “the singularities of embedding” (cf. [P]). At first, we shall give dual formulation of Pohl’s one by means of the sheaf of principal parts of order n, and next we shall prove the following: If an elliptic curve is embedded in (n — l)-dimensional projective space as a curve of degree n, singularities of projective embedding of order n — 1 are exactly the points of order n with suitable choice of a neutral element on the curve which is an abelian variety of dimension one. The proof is given by making use of the relation between and Schwarzenberger’s secant bundle which we shall also give.

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Research Article
Information
Nagoya Mathematical Journal , Volume 45 , February 1972 , pp. 97 - 107
Copyright
Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1972

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