Seshadri constants and the spaces of curves with prescribed singularities and positions (Q763648)

Let \(X\) be a smooth projective surface defined over the field of complex numbers, and let \(H\) be an ample line bundle on \(X\). Then the Seshadri constant of \(H\) at \(r\) distinct points \(p_{1}, \dots , p_{r}\) is defined as \[ \epsilon(H, p_{1}, \dots , p_{r}):=\text{inf}_{C}\left\{ \frac{HC}{m_{p_{1}}(C)+\cdots +m_{p_{r}}(C)}\right\}, \] where \(m_{p_{i}}(C)\) denotes the multiplicity of \(C\) at \(p_{i}\), and \(C\) runs over reduced and irreducible curves passing through at least one of the \(r\) points. Furthermore, define \[ \epsilon(H,r):=\text{inf}_{p_{1}, \dots , p_{r}}\left\{ \epsilon(H, p_{1}, \dots , p_{r})\right\}. \] In this paper, the authors prove the following lower bound for \(\epsilon (H,r)\): \[ \epsilon (H,r)\geq \frac{1}{r+\text{max}\{ \beta+1, 0\}}, \text{ where } \beta=\left[\frac{(K_{X}H+2)^{2}}{4H^{2}}-\frac{K_{X}^{2}}{4}\right]. \] Moreover the authors study the existence of curves on \(X\) with given topological singularities at \(r\) arbitrary points. See section 4 in this paper for further details.