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Surfaces close to the Severi lines in positive characteristic

Algebraic Geometry 2021-11-17 v1

Abstract

Let XX be a surface of general type with maximal Albanese dimension over an algebraically closed field of characteristic greater than two: we prove that if KX2<92χ(OX)K_X^2<\frac{9}{2}\chi(\mathcal{O}_X), one has KX24χ(OX)+4(q2)K_X^2\geq 4\chi(\mathcal{O}_X)+4(q-2). Moreover we give a complete classification of surfaces for which equality holds for q(X)3q(X)\geq 3: these are surfaces whose canonical model is a double cover of a product elliptic surface branched over an ample divisor with at most negligible singularities which intersects the elliptic fibre twice. In addition we expose a similar partial result over algebraically closed fields of characteristic two. We also prove, in the same hypothesis, that a surface XX with KX24χ(OX)+4(q2)K_X^2\neq 4\chi(\mathcal{O}_X)+4(q-2) satisfies KX24χ(OX)+8(q2)K_X^2\geq 4\chi(\mathcal{O}_X)+8(q-2) and we give a characterization of surfaces for which the equality holds. These are surfaces whose canonical model is a double cover of an isotrivial smooth elliptic surface branched over an ample divisor with at most negligible singularities whose intersection with the elliptic fibre is 44.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2111.08622,
  title  = {Surfaces close to the Severi lines in positive characteristic},
  author = {Federico Cesare Giorgio Conti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.08622},
  year   = {2021}
}

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53 pages, any comments are welcome

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