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On genus change in algebraic curves over imperfect fields

Author(s): Stefan Schröer
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137 (2009), 1239-1243.
MSC (2000): Primary 14H20
Posted: October 9, 2008
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Abstract: We give a new proof, in scheme-theoretic language, of Tate's classical result on genus change of curves over imperfect fields in characteristic $ p>0$. Namely, for normal geometrically integral curves, the difference between arithmetic and geometric genus over the algebraic closure is divisible by $ (p-1)/2$.


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Additional Information:

Stefan Schröer
Affiliation: Mathematisches Institut, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Email: schroeer@math.uni-duesseldorf.de

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09712-8
PII: S 0002-9939(08)09712-8
Received by editor(s): April 11, 2007,
Received by editor(s) in revised form: April 17, 2008
Posted: October 9, 2008
Communicated by: Ted Chinburg
Copyright of article: Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.


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