Conjecture that non-singular hypersurfaces are not unions of maximal sub-boundary planes

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Let n5n\geq 5, let XPnX\subset\mathbb{P}^n be a non-singular hypersurface of degree d3d\geq 3, and set

m=(n1)/2.m=\lfloor(n-1)/2\rfloor.

An mm-plane means a linear projective subspace of dimension mm contained in XX. The non-union-of-planes conjecture. The hypersurface XX is not a union of mm-planes.

The question concerns the possible dimension of the Fano scheme of mm-planes in the sub-boundary case. The source says that resolving it would simplify the proof of a stated theorem. It also records that the conjecture was proved when d4d\geq 4 by Roya Beheshti, so only the remaining cases are open on the supplied evidence.

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Primary source

T. D. Browning and D. R. Heath-Brown, “The density of rational points on non-singular hypersurfaces, II”, arXiv:math/0505186 (2005).

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