On the rationality of moduli spaces of pointed curves

dc.creatorCasnati, Gianfranco
dc.creatorFontanari, Claudio
dc.date2005-04-12
dc.date2007-01-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:41:16Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:41:16Z
dc.descriptionMotivated by several recent results on the geometry of the moduli spaces $\bar{\Cal M}_{g,n}$ of stable curves of genus $g$ with $n$ marked points, here we determine their birational structure for small values of $g$ and $n$ by exploiting suitable plane models of the general curve. More precisely, we show that ${\Cal M}_{g,n}$ is rational for $g=2$ and $1\le n\le 12$, $g=3$ and $1\le n\le 14$, $g=4$ and $1\le n\le 15$, $g=5$ and $1\le n\le 12$.
dc.descriptionFinal version accepted for publication on the Journal of the London Mathematical Society (Section 6 of the previous version has been removed since the proof of Claim 6.3 contained a gap)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0504249
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0504249
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/122041
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subject14H10, 14H45 (primary) 14E08, 14L30 (secondary)
dc.titleOn the rationality of moduli spaces of pointed curves
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