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Laudal's lemma in positive characteristic

Author(s): Paola Bonacini
Journal: J. Algebraic Geom. 18 (2009), 459-475.
Posted: July 3, 2008
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Abstract: Laudal's lemma states that if $ C$ is a curve of degree $ d>s^2+1$ in $ \mathbb{P}^3$ over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0 such that its plane section is contained in an irreducible curve of degree $ s$, then $ C$ lies on a surface of degree $ s$. We show that the same result does not hold in positive characteristic and we find different bounds $ d>f(s)$ which ensure that $ C$ is contained in a surface of degree $ s$.


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Additional Information:

Paola Bonacini
Affiliation: University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95124, Catania, Italy
Email: bonacini@dmi.unict.it

PII: S 1056-3911(08)00501-8
Received by editor(s): January 26, 2007
Received by editor(s) in revised form: September 30, 2007
Posted: July 3, 2008

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