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Which 'well-known' algebraic geometric results do not hold in characteristic 2?
A smooth curve $X$ in $\mathbb{P}^n$ is strange if there is a point $p$ which lies on all the tangent lines of $X$.
Examples are $\mathbb{P}^1$ is strange and so is $y=x^2$ in characteristic $2$. ...
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Effectiveness of the distinguished theta characteristic in characteristic 2
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic 2. Let $C$ be a (smooth projective connected) curve over $k$. Can there exist a rational function on $C$ whose differential is holomorphic ...
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On a smooth curve $C$, when is $K_C \sim_\mathbb{Q} (2g-2)P$?
Let $C$ be a smooth curve of genus $g$ over $\mathbb{C}$. I am interested in the following property:
There exists a point $P \in C$ such that $K_C \sim_\mathbb{Q} (2g-2)P$. Equivalently, $K_C - (2g-2)...
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Are there (-2)-curves on an Enriques surface?
Let $X$ be an Enriques surface. A $(-2)$-curve is an irriducible rational curve on X such that $C^2 = -2$. By Proposition [VIII,16.1] from Barth-Peters-Van de Ven, we have that if $D^2 = -2$, then it ...
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Nef divisors on surfaces
Let $X$ be a smooth projective rational surface over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, and $D$ a divisor on $X$ such that $D$ is nef and $D^2 = 0$ with the following properties:
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Hartshorne's proof of Halphen's theorem
Apologies if this is not quite at the level of MathOverflow, but it has already been asked at MSE and gone unresolved for several years despite a bounty.
Hartshorne states the theorem as follows:
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Global sections of canonical line bundle on projective curve with everywhere vanishing derivative
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic $p$, $C$ be a curve (projective, non-singular, connected) of genus $g\geq 2$ over $k$ and $\omega \in H^0(C, \Omega_C)$ be a regular ...
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Special divisors on hyperelliptic curves
I was reading a proof that used the following result
Let $C$ be a hyperelliptic of genus $\ge 3$ and $\tau \colon C \to C$ the hyperelliptic involution. If $D$ is an effective divisor of degree $g-1$...
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Characterize the space of all ramification divisors of degree $d$
Let $X$ be a compact Riemann surface of genus $g>0$, and let $f\colon X \to \mathbb{P}^1$ be a branched covering of degree $d$. Define the ramification divisor $R_f$ on $X$ by $f$, where $\deg R_f =...
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Most divisors on a curve aren't special?
I have a generic smooth curve $C$ of genus $g$ and fixed multiplicities $a_1, \dots, a_n \geq 0$ with $\sum a_i = g+1$.
Q1 : For generic marked points $p_1, \dots, p_n \in C$, must $\sum a_i p_i$ be a ...
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Distinguishing ample divisors by minimally intersecting curves on a smooth projective toric variety
My question has an easily formulated generalization, which I will state first. Let $\sigma \subseteq \mathbf{R}^n$ be a full-dimensional strongly convex polyhedral cone. For each lattice point $m \in \...
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Detecting non-principal Weil divisors on normal varieties using curves
Let $X$ be a normal projective variety over an algebraically closed field $k$. Given any morphism $f:Y\to X$, there is a pullback homomorphism $f^*:\text{Cl}(X)\to\text{Cl}(Y)$, where $\text{Cl}(X)$ ...
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Linear system on singular plane curve
Let $C \subset \mathbb{P}^2_k$ an irreducible plane curve of degree $d >1$
over algebraically closed field $k$. That is $C=V(f(x,y,z))$ where $f \in k[x,y,z]$ homogeneous of degree $d$. Let $\{...
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Reference request: Vanishing of first cohomology term in Riemann-Roch theorem for singular projective curves over a field
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Let $f:X \to \operatorname{Spec}(k)$ be a projective scheme of dimension one over a field $k$. The Riemann-Roch equation for such ...
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Do divisors of degree g with this property exist in general
I have the following question. It's a long shot, but worth the try.
Let X be a compact connected Riemann surface of genus $g\geq 2$. Does there exist an effective divisor $D$ on $X$ of degree $g$ ...
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Divisors on the symmetric product of an elliptic curve
Assume that $C$ is an elliptic curve and $C_p$ is the $p$-fold symmetric product. Let $\beta:C_p\to C$ be defined by the addition on the elliptic curve. Let $u\in C$ be the zero in the additive group ...
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Negative degree line bundles over a singular projective curve have no sections?
Let $C$ be a local complete intersection projective curve in $\mathbb{P}^3$. Assume that $C$ is integral. Let $\mathcal{L}$ be a line bundle on $C$ of negative degree. We know that if $C$ is smooth ...
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a question on the space of divisors on a curve
Let $X$ a complex curve and $x\in X$ a point.
We consider the space of effective divisors $D$ with fixed degree $d$, whic we know is isomorphic to $X^{d}/S_{d}$ where $S_{d}$ is the symmetric group.
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On divisorial correspondences between curves
Assume we are given two smooth curves $C_1$ and $C_2$ over an algebraically closed field $k$. It is known that divisorial correspondences between them correspond to homomorphisms between their ...
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Moving a divisor on a (reducible, non-reduced) curve
I am trying to understand the first sentence of the proof of 9.1/5 in "Neron models." There we have a proper curve $X$ over a field $K$ and a line bundle $\mathscr{L}$ on $X$. Our ultimate goal is to ...
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divisors on $\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}$ that are trivial on certain $F$-curves
Inside the moduli space of curves $\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}$ one can distinguish two classes of $F$-curves isomorphic to $\mathbb{P}^1$: those of type $\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{0,4}$, and those of ...
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Schematic image of a relative Cartier divisor of a fiberwise dense open
Let $S$ be a scheme and $A$ an abelian $S$-scheme, i.e., $A \rightarrow S$ is a proper smooth $S$-group scheme whose fibers are $g$-dimensional abelian varieties. Suppose that one has a fiberwise ...
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Derivation for genus-degree formula from algebraic functions field theory
This is a copy of my question from math.stackexchange: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4517289/derivation-for-genus-degree-formula-from-algebraic-functions-field-theory. I didn't get any ...
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Dimension of a linear system of divisors on singular curve
Consider an singular irreducible plane curve $C \subset \mathbb{P}^2_k$ of degree $d>1$ over algebraically closed field $k$ which is given as vanishing locus $C=V(f(x,y,z))$ of a $f \in k[x,y,z]$ ...
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Twisting a line bundle with the zero section
Let $X$ be a smooth projective curve and $L$ be an invertible sheaf on $X$. Denote by $\mathbb{L}$ the line bundle associated to $L$, $\pi:\mathbb{L} \to X$ the natural morphism and $0_\pi$ the zero ...
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Pull-back of globally generated sheaves
Let $X$ be a smooth projective surface in $\mathbb{P}^3$, $D=\sum_i n_iD_i$ an effective Cartier divisor. Let $C$ be a smooth irreducible curve on $X$. Denote by $i:C \hookrightarrow X$ is the closed ...
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lift sections on a thickened curve
Let $X$ a curve over an algebraically closed field $k$ and $D$ a divisor on X.
Fix an integer $N$ and a closed point $x$ on $X$, we assume that $\deg(D)$ is big enough such that we have a surjective ...
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Are maps into a smooth curve equivalent to relative effective Cartier divisors?
Let $X$ be a smooth curve and $S$ an affine scheme, both over an algebraically closed field $k$.
Given a morphism $f : S \to X$, is it true that the graph morphism $\Gamma_f : S \to X \times S$ is a ...
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On relating $l(A), l(B)$ and $l(A+B)$ for Weil divisors on a smooth projective curve where one of the divisors is effective
Let $X$ be a smooth projective curve over an Algebraically closed field $k$. Let $k(X)$ denote its function field.
If $A, B$ are Weil divisors on $X$ such that $A$ is effective (i.e. $A\ge 0$) , then ...
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Embedding of curves in $\mathbb P^2$
There is a mistake in the following argument but I cannot see where. Can someone help me, please?
Let $C$ be any smooth curve of genus $g\geq 1$ and $D$ a general effective divisor of degree $g+2$. ...
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open subset in constructible set of divisors
Let a smooth projective curve $X$ over $\mathbb{C}$.
Let a pair $(x, D)$ a pair xith a closed point $x$ and $D$ an effective divisor on $X$, such that $d_{x}:=m_{x}(D)\neq 0$.
Let $N=\deg (D)$ and $X^...
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sections of vector bundles transversal to a divisor
Let $X$ a smooth projective curve over $\mathbb{C}$, $S$ a finite subscheme of $X$.
$E$ a vector bundle over $X$ with a divisor $D$.
We look at the sections $A:=H^{0}(X,E)$ with $\deg E$ big enough.
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Properties of morphisms induced by divisors on curves
There are a few properties from Hartshorne IV on curves that I am trying to verify. Let $D$ be an effective divisor on a curve (integral scheme of dimension 1, proper over $k$, regular) $X$, $\dim |D|...
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effective divisors on a curve and upper semi-continuity
Let consider a smooth projective curve $X$ over $\mathbb{C}$. We consider the scheme that classifies effective divisors of degree $d$, which is isomorphic to $X^{d}/S_{d}$ where $S_{d}$ is the ...
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