Effective cone of the blowup of the symmetric product of a curve (Q6562826)

In algebraic geometry, ascertaining the polyhedral nature of the (pseudo)effective cone of the blown-up variety \(\bar{S}\), derived from a projective surface \(S\), holds significant importance. This is due to the fact that polyhedral cones possess well-established properties that facilitate the analysis of the geometry of the variety under consideration.\N\NIn this paper, the author focuses on the second symmetric product \(C^{(2)}\) of a positive genus curve \(C\), and get that if \(C\) is very general, the blowup at a very general point of \(C^{(2)}\) has nonpolyhedral pseudo-effective cone. The method is to consider first the case of hyperelliptic curves, and then to show that having polyhedral pseudo-effective cone is a closed property for families of surfaces. This constitutes a fascinating piece of research that contributes to the broader investigation into the polyhedral status of the (pseudo)effective cone of the blown-up variety \(\bar{S}\) of a projective surface \(S\).