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We construct the coarse moduli space \({\mathcal{M}}_{qc}(\sigma)\) of quadratic line complexes with a fixed Segre symbol σ as well as the moduli space \({\mathcal{M}}_{ss}(\sigma)\) of the corresponding singular surfaces. We show that the map associating to a quadratic line complex its singular surface induces a morphism \(\pi: {\mathcal{M}}_{qc}(\sigma) \rightarrow {\mathcal{M}}_{ss}(\sigma)\) . Finally we deduce that the varieties of cosingular quadratic line complexes are almost always curves.
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Avritzer, D., Lange, H. Moduli spaces of quadratic complexes and their singular surfaces. Geom Dedicata 127, 177–197 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10711-007-9177-1
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