On supersolvable and nearly supersolvable line arrangements (Q2279154)

The authors define a new class of arrangements called nearly supersolvable arrangements. They are defined as those arrangements $\mathcal{A}$ which are not supersolvable but having a nearly modular intersection point $p$. A supersolvable arrangement $\mathcal{B}$ can be obtained from a nearly supersolvable arrangement $\mathcal{A}$ by adding the line $L=\overline{pp'}$ with $p'\neq p$ where $p'$ is the unique double point of $\mathcal{A}$. In the main theorem, it is proved that for a nearly supersolvable arrangement $\mathcal{A}:f=0$ of $d$ lines, the multiplicity of a nearly modular point $p$ determines the minimal degree $\mathrm{mdr}(f)$ and the arrangement $\mathcal{A}$ is either free or nearly free. They prove either $\mathrm{mdr}(f)=d-m_p(\mathcal{A})$ and $\mathcal{A}$ is nearly free or $d=2d_1+1,~\mathrm{mdr}(f)=m_p(\mathcal{A})=d_1$ and $\mathcal{A}$ is free. The first case occurs when $2m_p(\mathcal{A})\geq d$, while the second case occurs when $2m_p(\mathcal{A})=d-1$. As a by-product it is proved that for a non-collinear configuration of $n$ points in the affine plane $\mathbb{R}^2$ or $\mathbb{C}^2$ having two points determining a unique slope, the number of distinct slopes of the lines determined by them is atleast $n$. It is proved later that the generic splitting type of the sheaf $T(\mathcal{A})$ of logarithmic vector fields along $\mathcal{A}$ is determined by combinatorics. For a nearly supersolvable arrangement $\mathcal{A}:f=0$ with $d$ lines and $p$ a nearly modular intersection point, \begin{itemize} \item either $2m_p(\mathcal{A})<d$ with $d=2m_p(\mathcal{A})+1$ is odd and $\mathcal{A}$ is free with exponents $(d_1,d_1)$ where $d_1=m_p(\mathcal{A})$, the generic splitting type is $(d_1,d_1)$ with no jumping lines, \item or $2m_p(\mathcal{A})=d$ and $\mathcal{A}$ is nearly free with exponents $(d_1,d_1)$ where $d_1=m_p(\mathcal{A})$, the generic splitting type is $(d_1-1,d_1)$ with no jumping lines, \item or $2m_p(\mathcal{A})>d$ and $\mathcal{A}$ is nearly free with exponents $(d_1,d_2)$ where $d_1=d-m_p(\mathcal{A}),d_2=m_p(\mathcal{A})$, the generic splitting type is $(d_1,d_2-1)$. \end{itemize} A line $L$ is a jumping line if and only if it passes through the jumping point $P(\mathcal{A})$ of the nearly free arrangement $\mathcal{A}$ and the corresponding splitting type is $(d_1-1,d_2)$.