Real Zeuthen Numbers for Two Lines

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNN014MaRDI QIDQ3515989zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Benoît Bertrand

Publication date 30 July 2008

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.1095, http://doc.rero.ch/record/294893/files/rnn014.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

projective and ennumerative geometryReal algebraic and analytic geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Projective techniques in algebraic geometry (14N05) Enumerative problems (combinatorial problems) in algebraic geometry (14N10) Real algebraic sets (14P05)

Abstract: Given three natural numbers $k,l,d$ such that $k+l=d(d+3)/2$, the Zeuthen number $N_d(l)$ is the number of nonsingular complex algebraic curves of degree $d$ passing through $k$ points and tangent to $l$ lines in $P{P}^2$. It does not depend on the generic configuration $C$ of points and lines chosen. If the points and lines are real, the corresponding number $N_d^{R}R(l,C)$ of real curves usually depends on the configuration chosen. We use Mikhalkin's tropical correspondence theorem to prove that for two lines the real Zeuthen problem is maximal: there exists a configuration $C$ such that $N_d^{R}R(2,C)=N_d(2)$. The correspondence theorem reduces the computation to counting certain lattice paths with multiplicities.

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