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The canonical ring of a stacky curve

Algebraic Geometry 2022-03-18 v4

Abstract

Generalizing the classical theorems of Max Noether and Petri, we describe generators and relations for the canonical ring of a stacky curve, including an explicit Gr\"obner basis. We work in a general algebro-geometric context and treat log canonical and spin canonical rings as well. As an application, we give an explicit presentation for graded rings of modular forms arising from finite-area quotients of the upper half-plane by Fuchsian groups.

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@article{arxiv.1501.04657,
  title  = {The canonical ring of a stacky curve},
  author = {John Voight and David Zureick-Brown},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.04657},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Final version; to appear in Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society

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