English

Rank of divisors on hyperelliptic curves and graphs under specialization

Algebraic Geometry 2015-07-14 v3 Number Theory

Abstract

Let (G,ω)(G, \omega) be a hyperelliptic vertex-weighted graph of genus g2g \geq 2. We give a characterization of (G,ω)(G, \omega) for which there exists a smooth projective curve XX of genus gg over a complete discrete valuation field with reduction graph (G,ω)(G, \omega) such that the ranks of any divisors are preserved under specialization. We explain, for a given vertex-weighted graph (G,ω)(G, \omega) in general, how the existence of such XX relates the Riemann--Roch formulae for XX and (G,ω)(G, \omega), and also how the existence of such XX is related to a conjecture of Caporaso.

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@article{arxiv.1304.6979,
  title  = {Rank of divisors on hyperelliptic curves and graphs under specialization},
  author = {Shu Kawaguchi and Kazuhiko Yamaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.6979},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

34 pages. The proof of Theorem 1.13 has been significantly simplified