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Statement of the Theorem Theorem(G. Megyesi, F. Sottile and Th. Theobald) Fix 2 skew lines L1 and L2 and a general quadric Q in 3-dimensional projective space. The closure of the set of quadrics for which there are infinitely many lines simultaneously transversal to L1 and L2 and tangent to both quadrics is a curve in the 9-dimensional projective space of quadrics. This curve consists of 12 plane conics.
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