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Smooth projective surface from overlapping rank-one coordinates
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The projective locus where
(
y
0
y
2
y
1
y
3
y
2
y
4
)
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has rank one is cut out by its three
2
×
2
minors. It is a smooth surface: on each of the charts
y
0
=
0
,
y
1
=
0
,
y
3
=
0
, and
y
4
=
0
, the equations eliminate three coordinates and leave two free affine coordinates; these charts cover the locus.
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