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Rationally Connected Variety


A rationally connected variety, in the smooth projective complex setting, is a connected variety X such that two general points lie on the image of a morphism P^1->X. Here general means that the property holds for all pairs in a nonempty Zariski open subset of X×X. Projective spaces are examples, since any two points lie on a projective line.

A holomorphic subbundle is integrable when its local holomorphic sections are closed under the Lie bracket.


See also

Holomorphic Tangent Bundle, Involutive Distribution, Projective Space, Projective Variety, Rational Curve

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References

Demailly, J.-P. Analytic Methods in Algebraic Geometry. Somerville, MA: International Press, 2012.Fujino, O. "Notes on Rational Chain Connectedness." Version 0.08, 5 Mar 2026. https://www.math.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~fujino/rationallychainconnectedness4.pdf.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Rationally Connected Variety." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/RationallyConnectedVariety.html

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