Abstract
We show the secant variety of a linearly normal smooth curve of degree at least 2g + 3 is arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay, and we use this information to study the graded Betti numbers of the secant variety.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 445-465 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Algebra and Number Theory |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Graded Betti numbers
- Projective curves
- Secant varieties
- Syzygies