2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/109140This article proves hypersurfaces of degree d in projective n-space are "rationally simply-connected" if $d^2 \leq n$. In a forthcoming paper, de Jong and I prove a slightly weaker result when $d^2 \leq n+1$.35 pages, posting of older preprintAlgebraic Geometry14C05, 14E08text