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On the position of nodes of plane curves

Algebraic Geometry 2021-11-04 v1

Abstract

The Severi variety Vd,nV_{d,n} of plane curves of a given degree dd and exactly nn nodes admits a map to the Hilbert scheme P2[n]\mathbb{P}^{2[n]} of zero-dimensional subschemes of P2\mathbb{P}^2 of degree nn. This map assigns to every curve CVd,nC\in V_{d,n} its nodes. For some nn, we consider the image under this map of many known divisors of the Severi variety and its partial compactification. We compute the divisor classes of such images in Pic(P2[n])(\mathbb{P}^{2[n]}) and provide enumerative numbers of nodal curves. We also answer directly a question of Diaz-Harris about whether the canonical class of the Severi variety is effective.

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@article{arxiv.2002.08250,
  title  = {On the position of nodes of plane curves},
  author = {Cesar Lozano Huerta and Tim Ryan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.08250},
  year   = {2021}
}

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6 pages. Comments or suggestions welcome