Limits of tangent spaces along a subvariety at an isolated singularity

2015/05/04 by Achim Hennings, Hennings, Achim
Mathematics · #14B05 #32S05 #Advanced Algebra and Geometry #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory #FOS: Mathematics #Geometry and complex manifolds #math.AG #msc:14B05 #msc:32S05

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1505.01114

arxiv created 2015/05/04 · openalex publication_date 2015/05/04 · arxiv updated 2015/05/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We show that the dimension of the set of limits of tangent spaces along a subvariety at an irreducible isolated singularity is one less than the dimension of the subvariety itself.

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