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On the Kodaira dimension of Hurwitz spaces

Algebraic Geometry 2023-12-11 v4

Abstract

We show that the canonical bundle of the Hurwitz stack classifying covers of genus g>1 and degree k>2 of the projective line is big. We show that all coarse moduli spaces of trigonal curves of genus g>1 are of general type.

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@article{arxiv.2101.12264,
  title  = {On the Kodaira dimension of Hurwitz spaces},
  author = {Gavril Farkas and Scott Mullane},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.12264},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

16 pages. Final version, to appear in a special issue of Mathematische Zeitschrift in honor of Olivier Debarre