On Huh's conjectures for the polar degree

Publication date

2021

Authors

Siersma, DirkISNI 0000000116400912
Steenbrink, Joseph
Tibar, Mihai

Editors

Advisors

Supervisors

Document Type

Article
Open Access logo

License

taverne

Abstract

We prove a precise version of a general conjecture on the polar degree stated by June Huh. We confirm Huh's conjectural list of all projectivehypersurfaces with isolated singularities and polar degree equal to 2.

Keywords

Mathematics - Algebraic Geometry, Mathematics - Complex Variables, Taverne, Geometry and Topology, Algebra and Number Theory

Citation

Siersma, D, Steenbrink, J & Tibar, M 2021, 'On Huh's conjectures for the polar degree', Journal of Algebraic Geometry, vol. 30, pp. 189-203. https://doi.org/10.1090/jag/741