English

The Canonical Model of a Singular Curve

Algebraic Geometry 2008-03-25 v1

Abstract

We give refined statements and modern proofs of Rosenlicht's results about the canonical model C' of an arbitrary complete integral curve C. Notably, we prove that C and C' are birationally equivalent if and only if C is nonhyperelliptic, and that, if C is nonhyperelliptic, then C' is equal to the blowup of C with respect to the canonical sheaf \omega. We also prove some new results: we determine just when C' is rational normal, arithmetically normal, projectively normal, and linearly normal.

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@article{arxiv.0803.3337,
  title  = {The Canonical Model of a Singular Curve},
  author = {Steven L. Kleiman and Renato V. Martins},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.3337},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

28 pages, no figures, IV Congresso Iberoamericano de Geometria Complexa

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