Tangent-space obstruction between two unions of three lines
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Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The union of the three coordinate axes in and a union of three distinct lines through the origin in are not isomorphic. Their origins are intrinsically the unique points common to all three irreducible components, but their Zariski tangent spaces there have dimensions three and two respectively.
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