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Linear systems of plane curves with base points of equal multiplicity
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Abstract:

In this article we address the problem of computing the dimension of the space of plane curves of degree $d$ with $n$ general points of multiplicity $m$. A conjecture of Harbourne and Hirschowitz implies that when $d \geq 3m$, the dimension is equal to the expected dimension given by the Riemann-Roch Theorem. Also, systems for which the dimension is larger than expected should have a fixed part containing a multiple $(-1)$-curve. We reformulate this conjecture by explicitly listing those systems which have unexpected dimension. Then we use a degeneration technique developed to show that the conjecture holds for all $m \leq 12$.
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Additional Information
  • Ciro Ciliberto
  • Affiliation: Dipartimento of Mathematics, Universitá di Roma II, Via Fontanile di Carcaricola, 00173 Rome, Italy
  • MR Author ID: 49480
  • Email: cilibert@axp.mat.utovrm.it
  • Rick Miranda
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
  • Email: miranda@math.colostate.edu
  • Received by editor(s): July 1, 1998
  • Published electronically: April 21, 2000
  • Additional Notes: Research supported in part by the NSA
  • © Copyright 2000 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 352 (2000), 4037-4050
  • MSC (1991): Primary 14H50, 14J26
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-00-02416-8
  • MathSciNet review: 1637062