The gonality of curves on a Hirzebruch surface
The gonality of curves on a Hirzebruch surface
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Hirzebruch 曲面上曲线的棱性
DOI:
10.1007/bf01197600
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发表时间:
1996
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0.6
通讯作者:
G. Martens
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作者:
G. Martens
As an application of a nice theorem of Serrano ([4],[3]) we compute the gonality gon (C)(= the smallest degree of a linear pencil) of a smooth irreducible curve C defined over C and lying on a Hirzebruch surface Xe, ie a geometrically ruled rational surface of invariant e> 0 ([1], V, 2.13). Recall, Pic (Xe) is generated by the classes of two rational curves C o, F where C o is a zero-section (Cg=-e) and F is a fibre of the bundle map 7Z: X e--~ p 1. For e> 0 the fibres of 7r constitute the only ruling (= pencil of smooth irreducible rational curves with self-intersection number zero) of X e whereas Xo has exactly two rulings (the pencils! F [and I Col, of course). One expects then that gon (C)= C" F (resp. possibly gon (C)= C 9 Co ire= t3), ie" the gonality is computed by a ruling". However, as far as I know this is still not proved. We will give a simple proof-with one" obvious" exception. More precisely, Theorem. Let C be a reduced and irreducible curve on a Hirzebruch surface X e and assume that C is not a fibre. Then the minimal degree k of a morphism from C onto IP 1 is computed by a ruling of X e unless C~~(CO+ F) on X 1 (e= 1) with~>= 2 in which case C is isomorphic to a plane curve of degree~ and k=~-1.