Degree of strata of singular cubic surfaces

Citation
R. Hernandez et Mj. Vazquez-gallo, Degree of strata of singular cubic surfaces, T AM MATH S, 353(1), 2000, pp. 95-115
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00029947 → ACNP
Volume
353
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
95 - 115
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9947(2000)353:1<95:DOSOSC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We determine the degree of some strata of singular cubic surfaces in the pr ojective space P-3. These strata are subvarieties of the P-19 parametrizing all cubic surfaces in P-3. It is known what their dimension is and that th ey are irreducible. In 1986, D. F. Coray and I. Vainsencher computed the de gree of the 4 strata consisting on cubic surfaces with a double line. To wo rk out the case of isolated singularities we relate the problem with (stati onary) multiple-point theory.