An enriched count of the bitangents to a smooth plane quartic curve

DOI10.1007/S40687-021-00260-9zbMATH Open1471.14070arXiv1909.05945OpenAlexW3158632779MaRDI QIDQ2028687FDOQ2028687

Authors: Hannah Larson, Isabel Vogt 

Publication date: 1 June 2021

Published in: Research in the Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Recent work of Kass--Wickelgren gives an enriched count of the $27$ lines on a smooth cubic surface over arbitrary fields. Their approach using $mathbb{A}^1$-enumerative geometry suggests that other classical enumerative problems should have similar enrichments, when the answer is computed as the degree of the Euler class of a relatively orientable vector bundle. Here, we consider the closely related problem of the $28$ bitangents to a smooth plane quartic. However, it turns out the relevant vector bundle is not relatively orientable and new ideas are needed to produce enriched counts. We introduce a fixed "line at infinity," which leads to enriched counts of bitangents that depend on their geometry relative to the quartic and this distinguished line.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.05945

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zbMATH Keywords

real algebraic geometryquartic curvebitangentsenriched enumerative geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Plane and space curves (14H50) Projective techniques in algebraic geometry (14N05)

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