Construction of minimal families of space curves

Abstract: Let

A

be a local noetherian ring and

N

be a locally sheaf on the projective space

P_{A}^{3}

: one proves easily that there exists a family

C

of (smooth connected) curves contained in

P_{A}^{3}

, flat over

A

, and an integer

h

such that the ideal sheaf

J

of

C

has a resolution

0 o P o N o J o 0

where

P

is a direct sum of invertible sheaves

O_{P} (- n_{i})

. In this paper we determine, for a given sheaf

N

, all the families of curves with such a resolution, especially the minimal ones (corresponding to the minimum value of

h

). It gives a description of the biliaison class related to

N

, and a tool for constructing families of space curves.

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