Gonality of a general ACM curve in P^3

DOI10.2140/PJM.2011.251.269zbMATH Open1237.14036arXiv0812.1634OpenAlexW1975934075MaRDI QIDQ635668FDOQ635668

Authors: Robin Hartshorne, Enrico Schlesinger 

Publication date: 22 August 2011

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let C be an ACM (projectively normal) nondegenerate smooth curve in projective 3-space, and suppose C is general in its Hilbert scheme - this is irreducible once the postulation is fixed. Answering a question posed by Peskine, we show the gonality of C is d-l, where d is the degree of the curve, and l is the maximum order of a multisecant line of C. Furthermore l=4 except for two series of cases, in which the postulation of C forces every surface of minimum degree containing C to contain a line as well. We compute the value of l in terms of the postulation of C in these exceptional cases. We also show the Clifford index of C is equal to the gonality minus 2.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1634

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zbMATH Keywords

Clifford indexgonalityACM space curvesmultisecant lines

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Plane and space curves (14H50) Special divisors on curves (gonality, Brill-Noether theory) (14H51)

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