R. Kloosterman

Nodal deformations of hypersurfaces with an ordinary $m$-fold point

Let $X\subset \mathbb{O}^n$ be a nodal hypersurface of degree $d$ with an ordinary $m$-fold point. Let $\delta_X$ be the largest value of $\delta$ such that $X$ is contained in the closure of the Severi variety of degree $d$ hypersurface in $\mathbb{P}^n$ with $\delta$ nodes. After recalling how the semicontinuity of t...