Limit Weierstrass schemes on stable curves with 2 irreducible components (Q2568676)

By using their technique of limit linear series, \textit{D. Eisenbud} and \textit{J. Harris} [Invent. Math. 87 (1987; 495--515, Zbl 0606.14014)] studied how Weierstrass points on general smooth curves degenerate when the smooth curve degenerates to a stable curve of compact type. In this article the situation is considered when the curve degenerates to a stable curve \(C_0\) of non-compact type which is a union of two irreducible smooth components meeting transversely at \(m>1\) points. The authors prove that if the components have genera \(\geq 1\) then the space parameterizing limits of Weierstrass schemes on \(C_0\) has dimension \(m-1\). Based on this theorem the limits of Weierstrass points on one component are given if one component has genus 1. Further details are deduced. For related results see also \textit{E. Esteves} and \textit{N. Medeiros} [C.R. Acad. Sci, Paris, Sér. I Math., 330, 873--878 (2000; Zbl 0972.14024)].