Descendent bounds for effective divisors on \overline{𝑀}_{𝑔}

Pandharipande, R.

doi:10.1090/S1056-3911-2010-00554-1

Descendent bounds for effective divisors on $\overline{M}_g$

Author: R. Pandharipande
Journal: J. Algebraic Geom. 21 (2012), 299-303
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S1056-3911-2010-00554-1
Published electronically: January 3, 2011
MathSciNet review: 2877436
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Abstract: The slope of $\overline{M}_g$ is bounded from below by $\frac{60}{g+4}$ via a descendent calculation.

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R. Pandharipande
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Princeton University, 406 Fine Hall, Washington Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-1000

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S1056-3911-2010-00554-1
Received by editor(s): May 29, 2009
Received by editor(s) in revised form: December 11, 2009
Published electronically: January 3, 2011
Additional Notes: The author was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-0500187.