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The class of the Prym-Brill-Noether divisor

Algebraic Geometry 2026-02-11 v2

Abstract

For r3r\geq 3 and g=r(r+1)2g= \frac{r(r+1)}{2}, we study the Prym-Brill-Noether variety Vr(C,η)V^r(C,\eta) associated to Prym curves [C,η][C,\eta]. The locus Rgr\mathcal{R}_g^r in Rg\mathcal{R}_g parametrizing Prym curves (C,η)(C, \eta) with nonempty Vr(C,η)V^r(C,\eta) is a divisor. We compute some key coefficients of the class [Rgr][\overline{\mathcal{R}}_g^r] in PicQ(Rg)\mathrm{Pic}_\mathbb{Q}(\overline{\mathcal{R}}_g). Furthermore, we examine a strongly Brill-Noether divisor in Mg1,2\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g-1,2}: we show its irreducibility and compute some of its coefficients in PicQ(Mg1,2)\mathrm{Pic}_\mathbb{Q}(\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g-1,2}). As a consequence of our results, the moduli space R14,2\mathcal{R}_{14,2} is of general type.

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@article{arxiv.2409.13034,
  title  = {The class of the Prym-Brill-Noether divisor},
  author = {Andrei Bud},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.13034},
  year   = {2026}
}

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25 pages. To appear in Journal of the Institute of Mathematics of Jussieu