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The Geometric Syzygy Conjecture in Positive Characteristic

Algebraic Geometry 2025-09-03 v1 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

We show the geometric syzygy conjecture in positive characteristic. Specifically, if C is a general smooth curve of genus g defined over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p, then all linear syzygy spaces are spanned by syzygies of minimal rank provided p is at least 2g-4.

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@article{arxiv.2509.00844,
  title  = {The Geometric Syzygy Conjecture in Positive Characteristic},
  author = {Michael Kemeny and Peter Yi Wei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.00844},
  year   = {2025}
}