The Projective Geometry of the Gale Transform

dc.creatorEisenbud, David
dc.creatorPopescu, Sorin
dc.date1998-07-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:25:29Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:25:29Z
dc.descriptionThe Gale transform, an involution on sets of points in projective space, appears in a multitude of guises, in subjects as diverse as optimization, coding theory, theta-functions, and recently in our proof that certain general sets of points fail to satisfy the minimal free resolution conjecture. In this paper we reexamine the Gale transform in the light of modern algebraic geometry. We give a more general definition, in the context of finite (locally) Gorenstein subschemes. We put in modern form a number of the more remarkable examples discovered in the past, and we add new constructions and connections to other areas of algebraic geometry. We generalize Goppa's theorem in coding theory and we give new applications to Castelnuovo theory. We give references to classical and modern sources.
dc.description43 pages, Plain Tex, uses diagrams.tex. Postscript file also available from http://www.math.columbia.edu/~psorin
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/9807127
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/9807127
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/77197
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subjectCommutative Algebra
dc.subject14N05; 14C99; 13H10; 14N99
dc.titleThe Projective Geometry of the Gale Transform
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