Linear systems in ℙ² with base points of bounded multiplicity

Yang, Stephanie

doi:10.1090/S1056-3911-06-00447-4

Linear systems in $\mathbb {P}^2$ with base points of bounded multiplicity

Author: Stephanie Yang
Journal: J. Algebraic Geom. 16 (2007), 19-38
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S1056-3911-06-00447-4
Published electronically: September 21, 2006
MathSciNet review: 2257318
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Abstract: We present a proof of the Harbourne-Hirschowitz conjecture for linear systems with multiple points of order $7$ or less. This uses a well-known degeneration of the plane developed by Ciliberto and Miranda as well as a combinatorial game that arises from specializing points onto lines.

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Additional Information

Stephanie Yang
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Email: styang@umich.edu

Received by editor(s): January 30, 2005
Received by editor(s) in revised form: September 5, 2005, and November 1, 2005
Published electronically: September 21, 2006