%0 Journal Article %T Curves whose secant degree is one in positive characteristic %A E. Ballico %J ACTA MATHEMATICA UNIVERSITATIS COMENIANAE %D 2012 %I Acta Mathematica Universitatis Comenianae %X Here we study (in positive characteristic) integral curves X им Pr with secant degree one, i.e., for which a general P Seck-1(X) is in a unique k-secant (k - 1)-dimensional linear subspace. %K Join %K secant variety %K rational normal curve. %U http://www.emis.de/journals/AMUC/_vol-81/_no_1/_ballico/ballico.html