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The bielliptic locus in genus 11

Algebraic Geometry 2022-09-21 v1

Abstract

The Chow ring of Mg\mathcal{M}_g is known to be generated by tautological classes for g9g \leq 9. Meanwhile, the first example of a non-tautological class on Mg\mathcal{M}_{g} is the fundamental class of the bielliptic locus in M12\mathcal{M}_{12}, due to van Zelm. It remains open if the Chow rings of M10\mathcal{M}_{10} and M11\mathcal{M}_{11} are generated by tautological classes. In these cases, a natural first place to look is at the bielliptic locus. In genus 1010, it is already known that classes supported on the bielliptic locus are tautological. Here, we prove that all classes supported on the bielliptic locus are tautological in genus 1111. By Looijenga's vanishing theorem, this implies that they all vanish.

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@article{arxiv.2209.09715,
  title  = {The bielliptic locus in genus 11},
  author = {Samir Canning and Hannah Larson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.09715},
  year   = {2022}
}

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