A lower bound for \chi (\mathcal O_S)

Publication date 16 February 2021

Abstract: Let

(S, m a t h c a l L)

be a smooth, irreducible, projective, complex surface, polarized by a very ample line bundle

m a t h c a l L

of degree

d > 25

. In this paper we prove that

c h i (m a t h c a l O_{S}) g e q - f r a c 18 d (d - 6)

. The bound is sharp, and

c h i (m a t h c a l O_{S}) = - f r a c 18 d (d - 6)

if and only if

d

is even, the linear system

| H^{0} (S, m a t h c a l L) |

embeds

S

in a smooth rational normal scroll

T s u b s e t m a t h b b P^{5}

of dimension

3

, and here, as a divisor,

S

is linearly equivalent to

f r a c d 2 Q

, where

Q

is a quadric on

T

. Moreover, this is equivalent to the fact that the general hyperplane section

H i n | H^{0} (S, m a t h c a l L) |

of

S

is the projection of a curve

C

contained in the Veronese surface

V s u b s e t e q m a t h b b P^{5}

, from a point

.

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