On the first infinitesimal neighborhood of a linear configuration of points in $\mathbb P^2$

dc.creatorGeramita, A. V.
dc.creatorMigliore, J.
dc.creatorSabourin, L.
dc.date2004-11-19
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:14:31Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:14:31Z
dc.descriptionWe consider the following open questions. Fix a Hilbert function, $h$, that occurs for a reduced zero-dimensional subscheme of $\mathbb P^2$. Among all subschemes, $X$, with Hilbert function $h$, what are the possible Hilbert functions and graded Betti numbers for the first infinitesimal neighborhood, $Z$, of $X$ (i.e. the double point scheme supported on $X$)? Is there a minimum ($h^{\min}$) and maximum ($h^{\max}$) such function? The numerical information encoded in $h$ translates to a {\it type vector}, which allows us to find unions of points on lines, called {\it linear configurations}, with Hilbert function $h$. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the Hilbert function and graded Betti numbers of the first infinitesimal neighborhoods of {\it all} such linear configurations to be the same. Even for those $h$ for which the Hilbert functions or graded Betti numbers of the resulting double point schemes are not uniquely determined, we give one (depending only on $h$) that does occur. We prove the existence of $h^{\max}$, in general, and discuss $h^{\min}$. Our methods include liaison techniques.
dc.description46 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0411445
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0411445
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/73304
dc.subjectCommutative Algebra
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subject13D40; 13D02; 13H15; 14M07
dc.titleOn the first infinitesimal neighborhood of a linear configuration of points in $\mathbb P^2$
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