Limit linear series, the irrationality of 𝑀_{𝑔}, and other applications

DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-1984-15244-3zbMath0533.14013MaRDI QIDQ3315628

David Eisenbud, Joe Harris

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Kodaira dimensionmonodromy groupdegenerationsBrill-Noether theoryWeierstrass pointmoduli space of curves of genus gsmoothings of linear series

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles (14D20) Divisors, linear systems, invertible sheaves (14C20) Riemann surfaces; Weierstrass points; gap sequences (14H55) Formal methods and deformations in algebraic geometry (14D15)

Related Items (3)

Limit linear series: Basic theory ⋮ Ramification divisors of general projections ⋮ The Weierstrass gap sequence of the ordinary ramification points of trigonal coverings of \({\mathbb{P}}^ 1\); existence of a kind of Weierstrass gap sequence

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