Effective divisors on M_g associated to curves with exceptional secant planes

DOI10.1007/S00229-011-0491-4zbMATH Open1270.14010arXiv1004.0327OpenAlexW1835420188MaRDI QIDQ2428554FDOQ2428554

Authors: Ethan Cotterill 

Publication date: 26 April 2012

Published in: Manuscripta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper is a sequel to cite{C}, in which the author studies secant planes to linear series on a curve that is general in moduli. In that paper, the author proves that a general curve has no linear series with exceptional secant planes, in a very precise sense. Consequently, it makes sense to study effective divisors on $ov{mcM}_g$ associated to curves equipped with secant-exceptional linear series. Here we describe a strategy for computing the classes of those divisors. We pay special attention to the extremal case of $(2d-1)$-dimensional series with $d$-secant $(d-2)$-planes, which appears in the study of Hilbert schemes of points on surfaces. In that case, modulo a combinatorial conjecture, we obtain hypergeometric expressions for tautological coefficients that enable us to deduce the asymptotics in $d$ of our divisors' virtual slopes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.0327

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zbMATH Keywords

moduli spacesBrill-Noether theoryslopestable curveseffective divisorssecant planes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Special divisors on curves (gonality, Brill-Noether theory) (14H51)

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• Divisors on the Moduli Space of Curves From Divisorial Conditions On Hypersurfaces
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• Geometry of curves with exceptional secant planes: Linear series along the general curve

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