Curves of maximal genus inℙ5

DOI10.1515/ADVG.2003.021MaRDI QIDQ4435205zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Rafael Ferraro

Publication date 3 December 2003

Published in advg (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0105158, https://eudml.org/doc/123972

zbMATH Keywords

Castelnuovo surfacesclassification of projective curvesliaison

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special algebraic curves and curves of low genus (14H45)

Abstract: Let C be a reduced, irreducible, not degenerate curve, not contained on surfaces of degree <s; when d=deg(C) is large with respect to s, the arithmetic genus p_a(c) is bounded by a function G(d, r, s) which is of type d^2/2s+O(d). The existence of such a bound for curves in P^3 was announced by Halphen in 1870 and proved by Gruson and Peskine in 1978; for curves in P^r, r>3, the bound is stated and proved by Chiantini, Ciliberto and Di Gennaro in 1993. The bound is sharp, at least for d sufficiently large (Chiantini-Ciliberto- Di Gennaro give examples of extremal curves for d large, that are in general singular). The classification and the existence of curves of genus G(d, r, s) is known for r=3 and d>s^2-s (Gruson and Peskine), and for r=4 and d> 12s^2 (Chiantini and Ciliberto in 1994). In this paper the author gives the classification for the curves of maximal genus for r=5, d as in the paper of Chiantini-Ciliberto-Di Gennaro, and s>8, and proves the existence of {it smooth} curves of maximal genus G(d, 5, s) for every d and s. With the same techniques used for the classification in P^5 it is possible to classify curves in P^r of maximal genus G(d, r, s) for every r and s>2r-2. In math.AG/0105094 the author has given an example of the classification procedure and of the costruction of smooth extremal curves in P^r.

Review text

Let \(C\) be an irreducible projective curve, defined over the complex field. Call \(d\) its degree and \(g\) the arithmetic genus. Fix an integer \(s\) such that \(C\) does not lie in surfaces of degree \(\leq s-1\). The numbers \(d,g,s\) are important invariants of \(C\) and they are linked by inequalities which provide basic information on the classification of projective curves. Following Halphen's classical pattern, \textit{L. Gruson} and \textit{C. Peskine} [in: Algebr. Geom., Proc., Tromsø Symp. 1977, Lect. Notes Math. 687, 31--59 (1978; Zbl 0412.14011)] showed that for curves in \({\mathbb P}^3\), \(g\) is bounded above by a function \(G(d,s)\) and gave a description of curves attaining the bound. In \({\mathbb P}^r\), \(r>3\), a similar bound \(G(d,s,r)\) for the arithmetic genus was recently proved (in the range \(d\gg s\)), but a description of curves attaining the bound was available only for \(r=4\). The author improves our knowledge on projective curves of high genus, giving a complete description of curves in \({\mathbb P}^5\), whose arithmetic genus attains the bound \(G(d,s,5)\). The classification is based on the fact that curves of maximal genus must lie in threefolds of minimal degree and in ``Castelnuovo surfaces, i.e. surfaces whose general hyperplane sections are curves of maximal genus. The author obtains the classification via a careful analysis of the geometry of such surfaces and using liaison techniques for curves on threefolds.

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