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It was recently determined exactly through how many general points a nondegenerate curve with nonspecial hyperplane section can pass. This gives rise to a method of constructing reducible curves $C_1 \cup_\Gamma C_2 \to \mathbb{P}^r$ with…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-04-23 Eric Larson

In this note, we give an overview of a new technique for studying Brill--Noether curves in projective space via degeneration. In particular, we give a roadmap to the proof of the Maximal Rank Conjecture.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-09-18 Eric Larson

We investigate the Brill-Noether theory of rank-two, degree-$d$ stable vector bundles of speciality $3$ on a general $\nu$-gonal curve of genus $g$, $3 \leq \nu < \lfloor \frac{g+3}{2} \rfloor$. Our approach leverages universal extension…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Youngook Choi , Flamino Flamini , Seonja Kim

In an influential 2008 paper, Baker proposed a number of conjectures relating the divisor theory of algebraic curves with an analogous combinatorial theory on finite graphs. In this note, we examine Baker's Brill--Noether existence…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-12-06 Stanislav Atanasov , Dhruv Ranganathan

Let $C$ be a curve of genus $g$. A fundamental problem in the theory of algebraic curves is to understand maps $C \to \mathbb{P}^r$ of specified degree $d$. When $C$ is general, the moduli space of such maps is well-understood by the main…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-08 Eric Larson , Hannah Larson , Isabel Vogt

This paper replaces the previous longer version and focuses on the specialty $2$ case. More precisely, in this paper we address the Brill-Noether theory for rank-two, degree $d$ stable bundles of speciality $2$ on a general $\nu$-gonal…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Youngook Choi , Flaminio Flamini , Seonja Kim

The classical Brill-Noether theorems count the dimension of the family of maps from a general curve of genus g to non-degenerate curves of degree d in r-dimensional projective space. These theorems can be extended to include ramification…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2008-04-30 Rebecca Lehman

The aim of this paper is two--fold. We first strongly improve our previous main result Theorem 3.1 in Arxiv 1702.00918v3 12Feb2018 ("Brill-Noether loci of rank two vector bundles on a general $\nu$-gonal curve"), concerning classification…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-09-07 Youngook Choi , Flaminio Flamini , Seonja Kim

Brill-Noether theory studies the existence and deformations of curves in projective spaces; its basic object of study is $\mathcal{W}^r_{d,g}$, the moduli space of smooth genus $g$ curves with a choice of degree $d$ line bundle having at…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2013-11-25 Nathan Pflueger

In this paper we deal with Brill-Noether theory for higher-rank sheaves on a polarized nodal reducible curve $(C,\underline{w})$ following the ideas of [arXiv:alg-geom/9511003v1]. We study the Brill-Noether loci of $\underline{w}$-stable…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-04-29 Sonia Brivio , Filippo F. Favale

The classical Brill-Noether theorem states that a map from a general curve to a projective space deforms in a family of expected dimension as long as its image does not lie in any hyperplane. In this note, we observe, as a direct…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Alessio Cela , Carl Lian

Let $G$ be a finite graph of genus $g$. Let $d$ and $r$ be non-negative integers such that the Brill-Noether number is non-negative. It is known that for some $k$ sufficiently large, the $k$-th homothetic refinement $G^{(k)}$ of $G$ admits…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Karl Christ , Qixiao Ma

Let $C$ be a smooth projective irreducible curve of genus $g$. And let $G_{\alpha}(n,d,l)$ be the moduli space of $\alpha$ stable pairs of a vector bundle of $\rank n, \deg d$ and a subspace of $H^0(C,E)$ of $\dim = l $. We find an explicit…

alg-geom · Mathematics 2008-02-03 David C. Butler

We attempt to describe the rank 2 vector bundles on a curve C which are specializations of the trivial bundle. We get a complete classifications when C is Brill-Noether generic, or when it is hyperelliptic; in both cases all limit vector…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Arnaud Beauville

Understanding when an abstract complex curve of given genus comes equipped with a map of fixed degree to a projective space of fixed dimension is a foundational question; and Brill--Noether theory addresses this question via linear series,…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-02-28 Ethan Cotterill , Renato Vidal Martins

Our purpose in this paper is to construct new examples of twisted Brill Noether loci on curves of genus g greater than 2 with negative expected dimension. We begin by completing the proof of Butler's conjecture for coherent systems of…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-21 L. Brambila-Paz , P. E. Newstead

Trigonal curves provide an example of Brill-Noether special curves. Theorem 1.3 of [9] characterizes the Brill-Noether theory of general trigonal curves and the refined stratification by Brill-Noether splitting loci, which parametrize line…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-02-04 Hannah K. Larson

The Brill-Noether theory of curves plays a fundamental role in the theory of curves and their moduli and has been intensively studied since the 19th century. In contrast, Brill-Noether theory for higher dimensional varieties is less…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-09-27 Izzet Coskun , Jack Huizenga , Neelarnab Raha

We describe applications of Koszul cohomology to the Brill-Noether theory of rank 2 vector bundles. Among other things, we show that in every genus g>10, there exist curves invalidating Mercat's Conjecture for rank 2 bundles. On the other…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2011-09-13 Gavril Farkas , Angela Ortega

We prove a generalization of the Brill-Noether theorem for the variety of special divisors $W^r_d(C)$ on a general curve $C$ of prescribed gonality. Our main theorem gives a closed formula for the dimension of $W^r_d(C)$. We build on…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-01 David Jensen , Dhruv Ranganathan
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