On Orevkov's rational cuspidal plane curves (Q431603)

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On Orevkov's rational cuspidal plane curves
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    On Orevkov's rational cuspidal plane curves (English)
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    29 June 2012
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    The author consider rational unicuspidal curves \(C\) in the complex projective plane \(\mathbb P ^2_{\mathbb C}\) and the logarithmic Kodaira dimension \(\bar{\mathcal K}\) of the complement \(\mathbb P ^2_{\mathbb C} \setminus C\). He involves the strict transform \(C'\) of a rational unicuspidal plane curve \(C\) via the minimal embedded resolution of the cusp of \(C\). It is known that \(\bar{\mathcal K} = - \infty\) if and only if \((C')^2 > -2\) and there exist no rational cuspidal plane curves with \(\bar{\mathcal K} =0\). The author studied the case \(\bar{\mathcal K} =1\) in an article of 2001 [RIMS Kokyuroku 1233, 82--89 (2001; Zbl 0992.14503)]. In the paper under review, the author proves that in the case \(\bar{\mathcal K}=2\) the rational unicuspidal plane curve \(C\) satisfies \((C')^2 =-2\) if and only if \(C\) is projectively equivalent to one of the curves constructed in [\textit{S. Yu. Orevkov}, Math. Ann. 324, No. 4, 657--673 (2002; Zbl 1014.14010)].
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    rational plane curve
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    cusp
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    logarithmic Kodaira dimension
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