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On genus-change in algebraic curves over nonperfect fields

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

I give a new proof, in scheme-theoretic language, of Tate's old result on genus-change over nonperfect fields in characteristic p>0. Namely, for normal geometrically integral curves, the difference between arithmetic and geometric genus over the algebraic closure is divisible by (p-1)/2.

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@article{arxiv.math/0703122,
  title  = {On genus-change in algebraic curves over nonperfect fields},
  author = {Stefan Schroeer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0703122},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages

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