  Let X be a projective, equidimensional, singular scheme over an algebraically
closed field. Then the existence of a geometric smoothing (i.e. a family of
deformations of X over a smooth base curve whose generic fibre is smooth)
implies the existence of a formal smoothing as defined by Tziolas. In this
paper we address the reverse question giving sufficient conditions on X that
guarantee the converse, i.e. formal smoothability implies geometric
smoothability. This is useful in light of Tziolas' results giving sufficient
criteria for the existence of formal smoothings.

Algebraic Geometry