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On complex supersolvable line arrangements

Algebraic Geometry 2019-10-09 v9 Combinatorics

Abstract

We show that the number of lines in an mm--homogeneous supersolvable line arrangement is upper bounded by 3m33m-3 and we classify the mm--homogeneous supersolvable line arrangements with two modular points up-to lattice-isotopy. A lower bound for the number of double points n2n_2 in an mm--homogeneous supersolvable line arrangement of dd lines is also considered. When 3m53 \leq m \leq 5, or when md2m \geq \frac{d}{2}, or when there are at least two modular points, we show that n2d2n_2 \geq \frac{d}{2}, as conjectured by B. Anzis and S. O. Toh\u aneanu. This conjecture is shown to hold also for supersolvable line arrangements obtained as cones over generic line arrangements, or cones over arbitrary line arrangements having a generic vertex.

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@article{arxiv.1907.12497,
  title  = {On complex supersolvable line arrangements},
  author = {Takuro Abe and Alexandru Dimca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.12497},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

v.9: Takuro Abe joins as a co-author, after proving that the conjectural upper bounds 3m-3 holds indeed. This fact simplified some of our proofs in the sequel

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