Lines highly tangent to a hypersurface

We study spaces of lines that meet a smooth hypersurface <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper X"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> in <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="bold upper P Superscript n"> <mml:semantics> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="bold">P</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbf {P}^n</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> to high order. As an application, we give a polynomial upper bound on the number of planes contained in a smooth degree <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="d"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">d</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> hypersurface in <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="bold upper P Superscript 5"> <mml:semantics> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="bold">P</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>5</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbf {P}^5</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> and provide a proof of a result of Landsberg without using moving frames.

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Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
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2026-01-14
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https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/17565
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Holomorphic and Operator Theory
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Lines highly tangent to a hypersurface

Geoffrey Smith, Dennis Tseng, Eric Riedl, Anand Patel
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Holomorphic and Operator Theory
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Lines highly tangent to a hypersurface

Geoffrey Smith, Dennis Tseng, Eric Riedl, Anand Patel
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Abstract

We study spaces of lines that meet a smooth hypersurface <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper X"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> in <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="bold upper P Superscript n"> <mml:semantics> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="bold">P</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbf {P}^n</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> to high order. As an application, we give a polynomial upper bound on the number of planes contained in a smooth degree <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="d"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">d</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> hypersurface in <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="bold upper P Superscript 5"> <mml:semantics> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="bold">P</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>5</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbf {P}^5</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> and provide a proof of a result of Landsberg without using moving frames.

Proceedings of the American Mathematical SocietyVol. 154(3)
University of Notre Dame (US), Oklahoma State University (US), Harvard University Press (US), University of Illinois Chicago (US)
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Holomorphic and Operator Theory
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