The degree-of-irrationality conjecture for generic hypersurfaces

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Let X⊂PnX\subset \mathbb{P}^n be a generic hypersurface of degree d≥2n−1d\geq 2n-1, and let dr(X)\mathrm{d}_r(X) denote its degree of irrationality. A dominant rational map is a rational map with dense image. Degree-of-irrationality conjecture. The degree of irrationality of XX is

dr(X)=d−1.\mathrm{d}_r(X)=d-1.

If d≥2nd\geq 2n, any dominant rational map

X⇢PnX\dashrightarrow \mathbb{P}^{n}

of degree d−1d-1 is obtained by projecting XX from one of its points. The claim would extend Noether's theorem on the degree of irrationality of hypersurfaces; the stated context does not establish whether it has been resolved.

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Francesco Bastianelli, Renza Cortini and Pietro De Poi, “The gonality theorem of Noether for hypersurfaces”, arXiv:1102.4550 (2011).

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