On the irreducibility of the Severi variety of nodal curves in a smooth surface (Q2328642)

In this note, the author proves that for a very ample \((2k-1)\)-spanned line bundle \(L\) on a smooth projective surface, the so-called Severi variety \(\tilde{V}_k(L)\) parameterizing all irreducible \(k\)-nodal curves \(D\in |L|\) is irreducible. Followed from the spannedness \(h^0(L)\geq 3k\), so that \(\dim \tilde{V}_k(L)=h^0(L)-k-1\) if \(h^0(L)>3k\) and \(\tilde{V}_k(L)=\emptyset\) otherwise. This result improves the same statement in [\textit{M. Kemeny}, Bull. London Math. Soc. 43, No. 1, 159--174 (2013; Zbl 1032.14005)] proved for \((3k-1)\)-very ample line bundles and is along the result in [\textit{C. Ciliberto} and \textit{Th. Dedieu}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 147, No. 10, 4233--4244 (2019; Zbl 1423.14192)]. Reviewer's remark: In the definition of \(k\)-spanned (\(k\)-very ample) line bundles, the rôle of \(k\) is missing.