On the Hilbert function of intersections of a hypersurface with general reducible curves

Abstract: Let

W s u b s e t m a t h b b P^{n}

,

n g e 3

, be a degree

k

hypersurface. Consider a "general" reducible, but connected, curve

Y s u b s e t m a t h b b P^{n}

, for instance a sufficiently general connected and nodal union of lines with

p_{a} (Y) = 0

, i.e. a tree of lines. We study the Hilbert function of the set

Y c a p W

with cardinality

k d e g (Y)

and prove when it is the expected one. We give complete classification of the exceptions for

k = 2

and for

n = k = 3

. We apply these results and tools to the case in which

Y

is a smooth curve with

m a t h c a l O_{Y} (1)

non-special.

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