# CONICS ON A GENERAL HYPERSURFACE IN COMPLEX PROJECTIVE SPACES

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#### Abstract

In this paper we consider the existence of smooth conics on a general hypersurface of degree d in $\mathbb{P}^n$.

#### Keywords

conic;general hypersurface;Hilbert scheme

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#### Acknowledgement

Supported by : Chungnam National University