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A Module-theoretic Characterization of Algebraic Hypersurfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Cleto B. Miranda-Neto
Cleto B. Miranda-Neto*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemática, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58051-900 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil, e-mail: cletoneto2011@hotmail.com
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In this note we prove the following surprising characterization: if $X\,\subset \,{{\mathbb{A}}^{n}}$ is an (embedded, non-empty, proper) algebraic variety deûned over a field $k$ of characteristic zero, then $X$ is a hypersurface if and only if the module ${{T}_{{{O}_{{{\mathbb{A}}^{n\,/k}}}}}}(X)$ of logarithmic vector fields of $X$ is a reflexive ${{O}_{{{\mathbb{A}}^{n}}}}$-module. As a consequence of this result, we derive that if ${{T}_{{{O}_{{{\mathbb{A}}^{n\,/k}}}}}}(X)$ is a free ${{O}_{{{\mathbb{A}}^{n}}}}$-module, which is shown to be equivalent to the freeness of the $t$-th exterior power of ${{T}_{{{O}_{{{\mathbb{A}}^{n\,/k}}}}}}(X)$ for some (in fact, any) $t\,\le \,n$, then necessarily $X$ is a Saito free divisor.

Keywords

14J7013N1532S2213C0513C1014N2014C2032M25hypersurfacelogarithmic vector fieldlogarithmic derivationfree divisor
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , 01 March 2018 , pp. 166 - 173
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2018

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