Discrete and metric divisorial gonality can be different
Combinatorics
2021-07-07 v2 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
This paper compares the divisorial gonality of a finite graph to the divisorial gonality of the associated metric graph with unit lengths. We show that is equal to the minimal divisorial gonality of all regular subdivisions of , and we provide a class of graphs for which this number is strictly smaller than the divisorial gonality of . This settles a conjecture of M. Baker in the negative.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2106.12568,
title = {Discrete and metric divisorial gonality can be different},
author = {Josse van Dobben de Bruyn and Harry Smit and Marieke van der Wegen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.12568},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
15 pages, 4 figures. Changes: improved Lemma 4.4, added Proposition 5.3, changed open question 2