Dimca–Papadima conjecture on homaloidal hypersurfaces with isolated singularities

Let V(h)PnV(h)\subseteq\mathbb{P}^n be a homaloidal hypersurface defined by a homogeneous polynomial hh of degree d3d\geq 3, and suppose that V(h)V(h) has only isolated singular points. Dimca–Papadima conjecture. There are no such homaloidal hypersurfaces when n3n\geq 3. The conjecture concerns the incompatibility between birationality of the gradient map and isolated singularities in dimensions at least three; the supplied text does not indicate whether it has been resolved.

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June Huh, “Milnor numbers of projective hypersurfaces with isolated singularities”, arXiv:1210.2690 (2014).

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