The uniform position principle for curves in characteristic p (Q1077486)

A set of points \(x_ 1,...,x_ d\in {\mathbb{P}}^ n\) (over an algebraically closed field) lies in uniform position, if for any positive integers k,\(\ell\) any k of these points impose the same number on conditions on hypersurfaces of degree \(\ell\). The main result of this paper now asserts that the general hyperplane section of a smooth irreducible nondegenerate (not lying in a hyperplane) curve in \({\mathbb{P}}^ n\), \(n\geq 4\) lies in uniform position. This extends several bounds for the genus of curves not lying on surfaces of low degree [\textit{J. Harris}, ''Curves in projective space'', Sém. Math. Super. 85, Sém. Sci. OTAN, Univ. Montreal 1982; Zbl 0511.14014)] to fields of nonzero characteristic.