Non-trivial Linear Systems on Smooth Plane Curves

Abstract: Let

C

be a smooth plane curve of degree

d

defined over an algebraically closed field

k

. A base point free complete very special linear system

g_{n}^{r}

on

C

is trivial if there exists an integer

m g e 0

and an effective divisor

E

on

C

of degree

m d - n

such that

g_{n}^{r} = | m g_{d}^{2} - E |

and

r = (m^{2} + 3 m) / 2 - (m d - n)

. In this paper, we prove the following: Theorem Let

g_{n}^{r}

be a base point free very special non-trivial complete linear system on

C

. Write

r = (x + 1) (x + 2) / 2 - b

with

x, b

integers satisfying

x g e 1, 0 l e b l e x

. Then

n g e n (r) := (d - 3) (x + 3) - b

. Moreover, this inequality is best possible.

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