Conical sextuplets
The authors study sextuplets lying on a conic in the projective plane \(\mathbb{P}^2\). All sextuplets in \(\mathbb{P}^2\) are parametrized by the Hilbert scheme \(\text{Hilb}^6\mathbb{P}^2\) of \(0\)-dimensional closed subschemes of degree \(6\) in \(\mathbb{P}^2\), and the sextuplets that lie on a conic form a closed subscheme \(\mathbf X\) of \(\text{Hilb}^6\mathbb{P}^2\). The scheme \(\mathbf X\) can be described as the closure of the locus of the sextuplets that are complete intersections of a conic section and a cubic curve. Let \(X=\{ (f_2, g_3) : g_3\) is a cubic defined modulo a conic\} then there is a rational map \(X \dasharrow\mathbf X\) which sends a pair \((f_2, g_3)\) to the scheme \(f_2\cap g_3\). The main result of the article is that there is a sequence of \(4\) blowing ups \(X^4\to X^3 \to X^2 \to X^1 \to X\) along natural smooth centers, and a morphism \(X^4 \to \mathbf X\) which factors via the composite morphism \(X^4 \to X\) and the rational map \(X\dasharrow\mathbf X\). This paper is an impressive piece of work keeping track of the centers and their strict transforms. The article contains some beautiful geometry, and refined uses of Fitting ideals. The main motivation for the work is the project of applying the techniques to the study of the component of \(\text{Hilb}^{6t-3} \mathbb{P}^3\) whose generic point corresponds to a canonical curve.
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