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The osculating spaces of a certain curve in [n]

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

W. L. Edge
W. L. Edge
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Mathematical Institute, 20 Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1HZ
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The curve in question is the non-singular intersection Γ of the n − 1 quadric primals

where it is presumed that no two of the n + 1 numbers aj are equal. Define

then it will be seen that the osculating prime of Γ at x = ξ is

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , March 1974 , pp. 39 - 44
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1974

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