The general hyperplane section of a curve

dc.creatorGorla, E.
dc.date2003-09-11
dc.date2004-04-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:01:02Z
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dc.descriptionIn this paper, we discuss some necessary and sufficient condition for a curve to be arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay, in terms of its general hyperplane section. We obtain a characterization of the degree matrices that can occur for points in the plane that are the general hyperplane section of a non arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay curve of P^3. We prove that almost all the degree matrices with positive subdiagonal that occur for the general plane section of a non arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay curve of P^3, arise also as degree matrices of the general plane section of some smooth, integral, non arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay curve, and we characterize the exceptions. We give a necessary condition on the graded Betti numbers of the general hyperplane section of an arithmetically Buchsbaum, (non arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay) curve in P^n. For curves in P^3, we show that any set of Betti numbers that satisfies that condition, can be realised as the Betti numbers of the general plane section of an arithmetically Buchsbaum, non arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay curve. We also show that the matrices that arise as degree matrix of the general plane section of an arithmetically Buchsbaum, integral, (smooth) non arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay space curve are exactly those that arise as degree matrix of the general plane section of an arithmetically Buchsbaum, non arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay space curve and have positive subdiagonal. We also prove some bounds on the dimension of the deficiency module of an arithmetically Buchsbaum space curve, in terms of the degree matrix of the general plane section of the curve.
dc.description55 pages, to appear in Transactions AMS
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0309189
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0309189
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/68536
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subjectCommutative Algebra
dc.subject14H99, 14M02, 13F20
dc.titleThe general hyperplane section of a curve
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