Degenerating curves and surfaces: first results

Abstract: Let

m a t h c a l S o m a t h b b A^{1}

be a smooth family of surfaces whose general fibre is a smooth surface of

m a t h b b P^{3}

and whose special fibre has two smooth components, intersecting transversally along a smooth curve

R

. We consider the Universal Severi-Enriques variety

m a t h c a l V

on

m a t h c a l S o m a t h b b A^{1}

. The general fibre of

m a t h c a l V

is the variety of curves on

m a t h c a l S_{t}

in the linear system

| m a t h c a l O_{m a t h c a l S_{t}} (n) |

with

k

cusps and

d e l t a

nodes as singularities. Our problem is to find all irreducible components of the special fibre of

m a t h c a l V

. In this paper, we consider only the cases

(k, d e l t a) = (0, 1)

and

(k, d e l t a) = (1, 0)

. In particular, we determine all singular curves on the special fibre of

m a t h c a l S

which, counted with the right multiplicity, are a limit of 1-cuspidal curves on the general fibre of

m a t h c a l S

.

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