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Proportion of blocking curves in a pencil

Algebraic Geometry 2025-07-08 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let L\mathcal{L} be a pencil of plane curves defined over Fq\mathbb{F}_q with no Fq\mathbb{F}_q-points in its base locus. We investigate the number of curves in L\mathcal{L} whose Fq\mathbb{F}_q-points form a blocking set. When the degree of the pencil is allowed to grow with respect to qq, we show that the geometric problem can be translated into a purely combinatorial problem about disjoint blocking sets. We also study the same problem when the degree of the pencil is fixed.

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@article{arxiv.2301.06019,
  title  = {Proportion of blocking curves in a pencil},
  author = {Shamil Asgarli and Dragos Ghioca and Chi Hoi Yip},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.06019},
  year   = {2025}
}

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9 pages

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