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Smooth Rational Curves on Singular Rational Surfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2018-10-17 v2

Abstract

We classify all complex surfaces with quotient singularities that do not contain any smooth rational curves, under the assumption that the canonical divisor of the surface is not pseudo-effective. As a corollary we show that if XX is a log del Pezzo surface such that for every closed point pXp\in X, there is a smooth curve (locally analytically) passing through pp, then XX contains at least one smooth rational curve.

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@article{arxiv.1604.02166,
  title  = {Smooth Rational Curves on Singular Rational Surfaces},
  author = {Ziquan Zhuang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.02166},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

14 pages; revised version, to appear in Michigan Math. J

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