Separable rational connectedness and $k$-plane sections of hypersurfaces

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Main Authors: Beheshti, Roya, Mukhopadhyay, Shibashis, Riedl, Eric
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author Beheshti, Roya
Mukhopadhyay, Shibashis
Riedl, Eric
author_facet Beheshti, Roya
Mukhopadhyay, Shibashis
Riedl, Eric
contents Let X be a smooth hypersurface of degree d in P^n over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p. We show that X must be separably rationally connected and must contain a free line if either p is at least d or if p is at least d-1 and the defining equation has some partial derivative that is not too singular. We also show that X must be separably rationally connected in any characteristic if d = 4 and n is sufficiently large. Along the way, we generalize results on the spaces of k-planes in X to characteristic p and connect some of these questions to the spaces of linear sections of X.
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spellingShingle Separable rational connectedness and $k$-plane sections of hypersurfaces
Beheshti, Roya
Mukhopadhyay, Shibashis
Riedl, Eric
Algebraic Geometry
Let X be a smooth hypersurface of degree d in P^n over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p. We show that X must be separably rationally connected and must contain a free line if either p is at least d or if p is at least d-1 and the defining equation has some partial derivative that is not too singular. We also show that X must be separably rationally connected in any characteristic if d = 4 and n is sufficiently large. Along the way, we generalize results on the spaces of k-planes in X to characteristic p and connect some of these questions to the spaces of linear sections of X.
title Separable rational connectedness and $k$-plane sections of hypersurfaces
topic Algebraic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.15903