Prill's problem
Algebraic Geometry
2025-02-21 v2
Abstract
We solve Prill's problem, originally posed by David Prill in the late 1970s and popularized in ACGH's "Geometry of Algebraic Curves." That is, for any curve of genus , we produce a finite \'etale degree connected cover where, for every point , moves in a pencil.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2209.12958,
title = {Prill's problem},
author = {Aaron Landesman and Daniel Litt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.12958},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
5 pages, comments welcome