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On Legendrian curves in $\mathbb P^3$

Algebraic Geometry 2020-08-11 v3

Abstract

We show that if a smooth projective curve CP3C\subset\mathbb P^3 (over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero) is Legendrian with respect to a contact structure (it is well known that a contact structure on P3\mathbb P^3 is unique up to a linear automorphism) and CC is linearly normal (i.e., not an isomorphic linear projection of a smooth curve CPnC'\subset\mathbb P^n, n>3n>3, where CC' does not lie in a hyperplane) then CC is a twisted cubic or a line.

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@article{arxiv.2008.01418,
  title  = {On Legendrian curves in $\mathbb P^3$},
  author = {Serge Lvovski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.01418},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

Jaros{\l}aw Buczy\'nski pointed out that the proof of the main Theorem 1.1 contains a fatal error and other results are not new. Many thanls to Jaros{\l}aw and sorry for submitting a text with errors

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