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Let $C$ be an integral and projective curve whose canonical model $C'$ lies on a rational normal scroll $S$ of dimension $n$. We mainly study some properties on $C$, such as gonality and the kind of singularities, in the case where $n=2$…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-02-27 Danielle Lara , Simone Marchesi , Renato Vidal Martins

In this paper, we study the deformations of curves in the projective 3-space $\mathbb P^3$ (space curves), one of the most classically studied objects in algebraic geometry. We prove a conjecture due to J. O. Kleppe (in fact, a version…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-05-31 Hirokazu Nasu

Let C be a simple, closed, directed curve on the surface of a convex polyhedron P. We identify several classes of curves C that "live on a cone," in the sense that C and a neighborhood to one side may be isometrically embedded on the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2011-02-15 Joseph O'Rourke , Costin Vilcu

We construct infinitely many Legendrian links in the standard contact $\mathbb{R}^3$ with arbitrarily many topologically distinct Lagrangian fillings. The construction is used to find links in $S^3$ that bound topologically distinct pieces…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2013-07-31 Chang Cao , Nathaniel Gallup , Kyle Hayden , Joshua M. Sabloff

In this note we study Legendrian and transverse knots in the knot type of a (p,q)-cable of a knot K in 3-sphere. We give two structural theorems that describe when the (p,q)-cable of a Legendrian simple knot type K is also Legendrian…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-06-22 Bülent Tosun

We present new families of examples of non-simple prime Legendrian and transversal knots in tight Lens spaces, which demonstrate that the botany of Legendrians in Lens space is rich. In fact, there are more non-isotopic Legendrians that are…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-12-29 Ipsita Datta , Tanushree Shah

We construct a Legendrian version of Envelope theory. A tangential family is a 1-parameter family of rays emanating tangentially from a smooth plane curve. The Legendrian graph of the family is the union of the Legendrian lifts of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Gianmarco Capitanio

We consider evolution equations for curves in the 3-dimensional sphere $S^3$ that are invariant under the group $SU(2,1)$ of pseudoconformal transformations, which preserves the standard contact structure on the sphere. In particular, we…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-08-08 Annalisa Calini , Thomas Ivey

We investigate the geometry of holomorphic curves and complex surfaces from the perspective of singularity theory. We show that, with a suitable choice of a complex bilinear symmetric form, the families of functions and mappings that…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Amanda Dias Falqueto , Farid Tari

Let $C$ be a non-hyperelliptic algebraic curve. It is known that its canonical image is the intersection of the quadrics that contain it, except when $C$ is trigonal (that is, it has a linear system of degree 3 and dimension 1) or…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2011-04-14 Josef Schicho , David Sevilla

In this paper we consider surfaces with one or two families of spherical curvature lines. We show that every surface with a family of spherical curvature lines can locally be generated by a pair of initial data: a suitable curve of Lie…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-04-23 Joseph Cho , Mason Pember , Gudrun Szewieczek

The set N of all null geodesics of a globally hyperbolic (d+1)-dimensional spacetime (M,g) is naturally a smooth (2d-1)-dimensional contact manifold. The sky of an event is the subset of N defined by all null geodesics through that event,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-07-15 Jose Natario , Paul Tod

A rigorous foundation for the contact homology of Legendrian submanifolds in a contact manifold of the form $P\times \R$ where $P$ is an exact symplectic manifold is established. The class of such contact manifolds include 1-jet spaces of…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Tobias Ekholm , John Etnyre , Michael G. Sullivan

We study the projective models of complex K3 surfaces polarized by a line bundle L such that all smooth curves in |L| have non-general Clifford index. Such models are in a natural way contained in rational normal scrolls. We use this study…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Trygve Johnsen , Andreas Leopold Knutsen

Topology and geometry are deeply intertwined in the study of surfaces, though their interaction manifests differently in smooth and discrete settings. In the smooth category, a classical result asserts that any closed smooth surface…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Soto Hisakawa , Shizuo Kaji , Ryo Kawai

In this paper we study a subspace of the space of Legendrian loops and we show that the injection of this space into the full loop space is an S1-equivariant homotopy equivalence. This space can be also seen as the space of zero Maslov…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-03-21 Ali Maalaoui , Vittorio Martino

The Legendre curve in the unit tangent bundle over Euclidean plane is a plane curve with a moving frame. We have the (Legendre) curvature of the Legendre curve, and the existence and uniqueness theorems for the curvature are valid. In this…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Nozomi Nakatsuyama , Masatomo Takahashi , Minoru Yamamoto

A quadric in $\R P^3$ cuts a curve of degree 6 on a cubic surface in $\R P^3$. The papers classifies the nonsingular curves cut in this way on non-singular cubic surfaces up to homeomorphism. Two issues new in the study related to the first…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2008-02-03 G. Mikhalkin

Recently, there are a great deal of work done which connects the Legendrian isotopic problem with contact invariants. The isotopic problem of Legendre curve in a contact 3-manifold was studies via the Legendrian curve shortening flow which…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-06-07 Shu-Cheng Chang , Yingbo Han , Chin-Tung Wu

Let $C$ be a smooth projective curve of genus $g \geq 11$, non-tetragonal, considered in its canonical embedding in $\mathbf{P}^{g-1}$. We prove that $C$ is a linear section of an arithmetically Gorenstein normal variety $Y$ in…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-07-07 Ciro Ciliberto , Thomas Dedieu , Edoardo Sernesi