TY - JOUR
T1 - Geometry of the severi variety
AU - Diaz, Steven
AU - Harris, Joe
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PY - 1988/9
Y1 - 1988/9
N2 - This paper is concerned with the geometry of the Severi variety W parametrizing plane curves of given degree and genus, and specifically with the relations among various divisor classes on W. Two types of divisor classes on W are described: those that come from the intrinsic geometry of the curves parametrized, and those characterized by extrinsic properties such as the presence of cusps, tacnodes, hyperflexes, etc. The goal of the paper is to express the classes of the extrinsically defined divisors in terms of the intrinsic ones; this, along with other calculations such as the determination of the canonical class of W, is carried out by using various enumerative techniques. One corollary is that the variety of nodal curves of given degree and genus in the plane is affine.
AB - This paper is concerned with the geometry of the Severi variety W parametrizing plane curves of given degree and genus, and specifically with the relations among various divisor classes on W. Two types of divisor classes on W are described: those that come from the intrinsic geometry of the curves parametrized, and those characterized by extrinsic properties such as the presence of cusps, tacnodes, hyperflexes, etc. The goal of the paper is to express the classes of the extrinsically defined divisors in terms of the intrinsic ones; this, along with other calculations such as the determination of the canonical class of W, is carried out by using various enumerative techniques. One corollary is that the variety of nodal curves of given degree and genus in the plane is affine.
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U2 - 10.1090/S0002-9947-1988-0957060-8
DO - 10.1090/S0002-9947-1988-0957060-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84966221691
VL - 309
SP - 1
EP - 34
JO - Transactions of the American Mathematical Society
JF - Transactions of the American Mathematical Society
SN - 0002-9947
IS - 1
ER -