On Chow stability for algebraic curves (Q728460)

GIT stability for algebraic curves parameterized in the Chow variety and the Hilbert scheme is an important topic in the theory of moduli of curves, which provides an approach for the construction of various moduli spaces of curves. In this paper the authors give a criterion for the Chow and Hilbert stability for irreducible smooth curves \(C\) in \(\mathbb P^n\). The main result says that if the restriction of the tangent bundle of \(\mathbb P^n\) to \(C\) is stable then \(C\) is Chow stable, and hence Hilbert stable. The authors describe the geometry of certain loci of stable curves in the Hilbert scheme as an application.