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Primitive normal completions of the affine plane II

Algebraic Geometry 2013-07-23 v2

Abstract

In this article we continue from \cite{sub2-1} the study of normal analytic compactifications of \cc2\cc^2 from the point of view of their associated pencils of jets of curve germs centered at infinity. If Xˉ\bar X is a normal analytic compactification of \cc2\cc^2 which is {\em primitive}, i.e.\ Xˉ\cc2\bar X \setminus \cc^2 is irreducible curve, then we show that Xˉ\bar X is projective iff Xˉ\bar X is algebraic iff at least one of the jets in the associated pencil of jets of curve-germs can be represented by a planar curve with one place at infinity. As a result we show that there are primitive normal analytic compactifications of \cc2\cc^2 which are {\em not} algebraic. We give explicit criteria for determining if the primitive compactification corresponding to a jet of curve germs at infinity is projective or not.

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@article{arxiv.1110.6914,
  title  = {Primitive normal completions of the affine plane II},
  author = {Pinaki Mondal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.6914},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

Superseded by "Analytic compactifications of C^2 II: one irreducible curve at infinity"