Evaluation determinant on a product of curves

ID: evaluation-determinant-on-a-product-of-curves

On , let be the graph of the th coordinate and . Successive restriction exact sequences give
When and , the determinant of evaluation vanishes at tuples where is nonzero. On distinct points it is the ordinary evaluation determinant; the diagonal factors remove its forced zero when two points coincide. This explains why the formula remains valid at repeated points, using jets instead of repeated evaluations.

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