Canonical curves with low apolarity

Abstract: Let

k

be an algebraically closed field and let

C

be a non--hyperelliptic smooth projective curve of genus

g

defined over

k

. Since the canonical model of

C

is arithmetically Gorenstein, Macaulay's theory of inverse systems allows to associate to

C

a cubic form

f

in the divided power

k

--algebra

R

in

g - 2

variables. The apolarity of

C

is the minimal number

t

of linear form in

R

needed to write

f

as sum of their divided power cubes. It is easy to see that the apolarity of

C

is at least

g - 2

and P. De Poi and F. Zucconi classified curves with apolarity

g - 2

when

k

is the complex field. In this paper, we give a complete, characteristic free, classification of curves

C

with apolarity

g - 1

(and

g - 2

).

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