scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1330549

Publication date 2 November 1999

arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay Halphen problem hyperplane section initial degree liaison maximum genus reflexive sheaf space curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special algebraic curves and curves of low genus (14H45) Plane and space curves (14H50)

Review text

A classical problem of Halphen asks for the maximum genus \(G(d,s)\) of a reduced, irreducible curve \(C\) in \(\mathbb{P}^{3}\) of degree \(d\), not lying on a surface of degree \(< s\). This problem has received a great deal of attention over the years. A related problem is to compute \(G(d,s,\sigma)\), the maximum genus of a curve of degree \(d\) not lying on a surface of degree \(<s\) and such that the general hyperplane section does not lie on a plane curve of degree \(< \sigma\). It is clear that \(G(d,s,\sigma) \leq G(d,s)\) and that without loss of generality we may assume that \(\sigma \leq s\). The question considered in this paper is the following: Fixing \(s\) and \(\sigma\), for which \(d\) do we have \(G(d,s,\sigma) = G(d,s)\) and for which \(d\) is \(G(d,s,\sigma) < G(d,s)\)? This is solved for the cases \(s-1 \leq \sigma \leq s\). The main results are: (A) \(G(d,s,s) = G(d,s)\) if and only if \(d \geq s^2-2s+3\), which is achieved (for any \(d\)) precisely by the arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay curves of degree \(d\) with maximal Hilbert function; and (B) \(G(d,s,s-1) = G(d,s)\) if and only if \(d \geq s^2-6s+15\). A broad range of tools are used to obtain these results.

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