On the genus of projective curves not contained in hypersurfaces of given degree

DOI10.1007/S12215-022-00844-6MaRDI QIDQ6054079zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Vincenzo di Gennaro

Publication date 24 October 2023

Published in Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.00260

zbMATH Keywords

Castelnuovo-Halphen theorymaximal rankprojection of a rational normal scroll surfaceprojective curvequadric and cubic hypersurfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rational and ruled surfaces (14J26) Hypersurfaces and algebraic geometry (14J70) Varieties defined by ring conditions (factorial, Cohen-Macaulay, seminormal) (14M05) Classical problems, Schubert calculus (14N15) Varieties of low degree (14N25)

Abstract: Fix integers $rgeq4$ and $igeq2$ (for $r=4$ assume $igeq3$). Assuming that the rational number $s$ defined by the equation $$ is an integer, we prove an upper bound for the genus of a reduced and irreducible complex projective curve in $mathbb{P}^r$, of degree $dggs$, not contained in hypersurfaces of degree $leqi$. It turns out that this bound coincides with the Castelnuovo's bound for a curve of degree $d$ in $mathbb{P}^{s+1}$. We prove that the bound is sharp if and only if there exists an integral surface $Ssubsetmathbb{P}^r$ of degree $s$, not contained in hypersurfaces of degree $leqi$. Such a surface, if existing, is necessarily the isomorphic projection of a rational normal scroll surface of degree $s$ in $mathbb{P}^{s+1}$. The existence of such a surface $S$ is known for $i=2$ and $i=3$. It follows that, when $i=2$ or $i=3$, the bound is sharp, and the extremal curves are isomorphic projection in $mathbb{P}^r$ of Castelnuovo's curves of degree $d$ in $mathbb{P}^{s+1}$.

Review text

Fix integers \(d\ge r\ge 3\). Halphen (\(r=3\)) and Castelnuovo gave a sharp upper bound for the genus of of a non-degenerate complex curve \(C\subset \mathbb{P}^r\) of degree \(d\) and proved that equality holds if and only if the curve is contained in a minimal degree, \(r-1\), surfaces. If \(d\) is not small with respect to For \(r=3\) Halphen (with complete proofs and extensions by L. Gruson and Ch. Peskine) gave an upper bound for the genus of a space curve not contained in a surface of degree \(i\). This paper (which is a continuation of [\textit{V. Di Gennaro}, Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo (2) 72, No. 3, 2181--2197 (2023; Zbl 1516.14099)]) study the problem for \(r\ge 4\). The introduction also gives informations and references for roughly similar (but wide open) problems. Fix integer \(r\ge 4\) and \(i\ge 2\); if \(r=4\) assume \(i\ge 3\). Assume that \(s\in \mathbb{Q}\) defined by the formula \[ \binom{i+1}{2}s +i+1 = \binom{r+i}{i} \] is an integer. Set \(m:= \lfloor (d-1)/s\rfloor\), \(\epsilon =d-1-ms\) and \(G(r,d,i):= \binom{m}{2}s+m\epsilon\). In these two paper the author proves that \(G(r;d,i)\) is an upper bound for the genus of a degree \(d\) curve in \(\mathbb{P}^r\) not contained in a hypersurface. Moreover, in this paper he gives informations on extremal cases.

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