%0 Book Section %T The dimension of spaces osculating to an algebraic variety publisher Editorial Complutense %D 2004 %U 84-7491-767-0 %@ https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/53212 %X In this brief note we present results and examples obtained by various authors in the study of the classical problem of the dimensions of spaces osculating to a projective algebraic variety, a study that provides information about the geometry of such varieties. %~