We consider here the problem, which is quite classical in Algebraic geometry, of studying the secant varieties of a projective variety X. The case we concentrate on is when X is a Veronese variety, a Grassmannian or a Segre variety. Not only these varieties are among the ones that have been most classically studied, but a strong motivation in taking them into consideration is the fact that they parameterize, respectively, symmetric, skew-symmetric and general tensors, which are decomposable, and their secant varieties give a stratification of tensors via tensor rank. We collect here most of the known results and the open problems on this fascinating subject.

The Hitchhiker Guide to: Secant Varieties and Tensor Decomposition / Bernardi, Alessandra; Carlini, Enrico; Virginia Catalisano, Maria; Gimigliano, Alessandro; Oneto, Alessandro. - In: MATHEMATICS. - ISSN 2227-7390. - 6:12(2018), pp. 31401-31486. [10.3390/math6120314]

The Hitchhiker Guide to: Secant Varieties and Tensor Decomposition

Alessandra Bernardi;Alessandro Oneto
2018-01-01

Abstract

We consider here the problem, which is quite classical in Algebraic geometry, of studying the secant varieties of a projective variety X. The case we concentrate on is when X is a Veronese variety, a Grassmannian or a Segre variety. Not only these varieties are among the ones that have been most classically studied, but a strong motivation in taking them into consideration is the fact that they parameterize, respectively, symmetric, skew-symmetric and general tensors, which are decomposable, and their secant varieties give a stratification of tensors via tensor rank. We collect here most of the known results and the open problems on this fascinating subject.
2018
12
Bernardi, Alessandra; Carlini, Enrico; Virginia Catalisano, Maria; Gimigliano, Alessandro; Oneto, Alessandro
The Hitchhiker Guide to: Secant Varieties and Tensor Decomposition / Bernardi, Alessandra; Carlini, Enrico; Virginia Catalisano, Maria; Gimigliano, Alessandro; Oneto, Alessandro. - In: MATHEMATICS. - ISSN 2227-7390. - 6:12(2018), pp. 31401-31486. [10.3390/math6120314]
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