Projection from a point on a smooth quadric

ID: projection-from-a-point-on-a-smooth-quadric

For and , the displayed map is defined on . Its fibre over has equation on an affine line. Away from the fibre is one reduced point. On that line it is empty except at and , where it is a punctured ruling line, hence an affine line. The two exceptional lines are the rulings of a smooth quadric surface through .

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