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Rigid curves on $\bar M_{0,n}$ and arithmetic breaks

Algebraic Geometry 2013-12-02 v2

Abstract

A result of Keel and McKernan states that a hypothetical counterexample to the F-conjecture must come from rigid curves on Mˉ0,n\bar {M}_{0,n} that intersect the interior. We exhibit several ways of constructing rigid curves. In all our examples, a reduction mod p argument shows that the classes of the rigid curves that we construct can be decomposed as sums of F-curves.

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@article{arxiv.1109.6705,
  title  = {Rigid curves on $\bar M_{0,n}$ and arithmetic breaks},
  author = {Ana-Maria Castravet and Jenia Tevelev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.6705},
  year   = {2013}
}

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46 pages; final version

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