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Effective radical parametrization of trigonal curves

Algebraic Geometry 2011-04-14 v1 Symbolic Computation

Abstract

Let CC be a non-hyperelliptic algebraic curve. It is known that its canonical image is the intersection of the quadrics that contain it, except when CC is trigonal (that is, it has a linear system of degree 3 and dimension 1) or isomorphic to a plane quintic (genus 6). In this context, we present a method to decide whether a given algebraic curve is trigonal, and in the affirmative case to compute a map from CC to the projective line whose fibers cut out the linear system.

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@article{arxiv.1104.2470,
  title  = {Effective radical parametrization of trigonal curves},
  author = {Josef Schicho and David Sevilla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.2470},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

11 pages, a previous extended abstract is arXiv:1103.4689