2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/71576Here we investigate the birational geometry of projective varieties of arbitrary dimension having defective higher secant varieties. We apply the classical tool of tangential projections and we determine natural conditions for uniruledness, rational connectivity, and rationality.Algebraic Geometry14N05Birational geometry of defective varietiestext