Compactified Jacobian of some unibranch curves (Q1340947)

Let \(C\) be an integral curve with one unibranch singularity of embedding dimension greater than two. We study decomposition of the compactified Picard variety \((\text{Pic}^ 0C)^ =\) into irreducible components for a unibranch singularity. We give a criterion for determining the beginning of a decomposition, defined by the number of generators of a module locally at the singularity. We discuss some particular cases where it is possible to give more precise descriptions. In the case of curves characterised by ``maximal ideal of \(M\) of the singularity equal to the conductor of \(C\)'' the basic decomposition given in section two actually gives components of \((\text{Pic}^ 0C)^ =\). We deal with the obvious first extension of this, namely, \(\text{rk} (M/C) = 1\). In this case the basic decomposition of \((\text{Pic}^ 0C)^ =\) given in section 1 does not give irreducible components but is only a step towards giving the irreducible components, which we do for the case of Gorenstein curves with \(\text{rk} (M/C) = 1\).