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arxiv: 1304.0231 · v1 · pith:3MZXHFSAnew · submitted 2013-03-31 · 🧮 math.AG · math.DG

The Betten-Walker spread and Cayley's ruled cubic surface

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We establish that, over certain ground fields, the set of osculating tangents of Cayley's ruled cubic surface gives rise to a (maximal partial) spread which is also a dual (maximal partial) spread. It is precisely the Betten-Walker spreads that allow for this construction. Every infinite Betten-Walker spread is not an algebraic set of lines, but it turns into such a set by adding just one pencil of lines.

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