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Veronese embedding (νd​)

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The degree-d Veronese embedding sends a projective point to all monomials of degree d in its homogeneous coordinates. For example,
ν2​:P1⟶P2,[x:y]⟼[x2:xy:y2],
(1)
is a closed immersion with image the conic uw−v2=0.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / iii / Paper 113 / 1 / b / Solution

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