A remark on very ample linear series. III (Q2309458)

Let \(C\) be a general \(k\)-gonal curve of genus \(g\). The first detailed study of its Brill-Noether theory is in [\textit{M. Coppens} and \textit{G. Martens}, Abh. Math. Univ. Hamb. 69, 347--371 (1999; Zbl 0957.14018)]. As a consequence it was possibile to give many informations on the very ample line bundles on \(C\). For each \(r\ge 3\) let \(w_C(r)\) be the minimal degree of a very ample line bundle \(L\) on \(C\) with \(\dim H^0(C,L) =r+1\). In the paper under review, the author gives a complete description of the degrees of very ample line bundles on \(C\) when \(k=4\) and many new informations for arbitrary \(k\). In the case \(k=4\) he is able to describe the exceptional \(4\)-gonal curves. As a corollary he prove that if \(C\) is a general \(5\)-gonal curve, then \(w_C(r) = \lfloor (3g+5r)/4\rfloor\) for \(g/5 +1 \le r\le g-5\). For part I, II, see [\textit{G. Martens} and \textit{S. Park}, Arch. Math. 80, No. 6, 611--614 (2003; Zbl 1039.14013); [\textit{G. Martens}, Arch. Math. 99, No. 2, 111--124 (2012; Zbl 1266.14026)].