On the canonical degrees of curves in varieties of general type

DOI10.1007/S00039-012-0188-1zbMATH Open1276.14051arXiv1003.3804OpenAlexW1974044900WikidataQ125768317 ScholiaQ125768317MaRDI QIDQ1930895FDOQ1930895

Antoine Chambert-Loir, Carlo Gasbarri, Pascal Autissier

Publication date: 14 January 2013

Published in: Geometric and Functional Analysis. GAFA (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A widely believed conjecture predicts that curves of bounded geometric genus lying on a variety of general type form a bounded family. One may even ask whether the canonical degree of a curve $C$ in a variety of general type is bounded from above by some expression $achi(C)+b$, where $a$ and $b$ are positive constants, with the possible exceptions corresponding to curves lying in a strict closed subset (depending on $a$ and $b$). A theorem of Miyaoka proves this for smooth curves in minimal surfaces, with $a>3/2$. A conjecture of Vojta claims in essence that any constant $a>1$ is possible provided one restricts oneself to curves of bounded gonality. We show by explicit examples coming from the theory of Shimura varieties that in general, the constant $a$ has to be at least equal to the dimension of the ambient variety. We also prove the desired inequality in the case of compact Shimura varieties.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.3804

zbMATH Keywords

Shimura varietyvariety of general typebounded family

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Modular and Shimura varieties (14G35) Surfaces of general type (14J29) Cycles and subschemes (14C99)

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