Reducible curves on rational surfaces (Q2372705)

The authors study reducible curves \(B\) on a smooth projective rational surface \(X/\mathbb{C}\). Let \(f:V\to X\) be a birational morphism from a smooth projective surface \(V\) such that the proper transform \(D=f'(B)\) is a disjoint union of smooth irreducible curves. The authors are interested in the logarithmic Kodaira dimension \(\overline k(V,K_V+D)\) and the behavior of the pluricanonical systems \(H^0(V,m(K_V+D_V))\). Using the theory of open algebraic surface a new proof of a result of S. Iitaka when \(\overline k(V,K_V+D)=-\infty\) and \(B\) has almost two irreducible components is given. Similarly a classification of reducible curves \(B\) such that the above invariant \(\overline k=0\) or 1 and \(B\) has at most two irreducible components is given. Finally, then \(B\) has at most 4 irreducible components the smallest integer \(m\) such that \(H^0(V,m (K_V+D))\neq(0)\) when \(\overline k\geq 0\) is studied.