PROJECTIONS OF ALGEBRAIC VARIETIES WITH ALMOST LINEAR PRESENTATION II

Let X be a nondegenerate reduced closed subscheme in ℙⁿ. Assume that π_q : X → Y = π_q(X) ⊂ ℙ^n-1 is a generic projection from the center q ∈ Sec(X) \ X where Sec(X) = ℙⁿ. Let Z be the singular locus of the projection π_q(X) ⊂ ℙ^n-1. Suppose that I_X has the almost minimal presentation, which is of the form R(-3)^β_2,1 ⊕ R(-4) → R(-2)^β_1,1 → I_X → 0. In this paper, we prove the followings: (a) Z is either a linear space or a quadric hypersurface in a linear subspace; (b) $H^1({\mathcal{I}_X(k)})=H^1({\mathcal{I}_Y(k)})$ for all k ∈ ℤ; (c) reg(Y) ≤ max{reg(X), 4}; (d) Y is cut out by at most quartic hypersurfaces.