MAGMA Computational Algebra System

Subcanonical Curves

A subcanonical curve is a polarised variety C, D where C is a nonsingular curve of genus g≥2 and D is a divisor on C such that K_C = kD for some positive integer k.

Subsections

• Creation of Subcanonical Curves
• Catalogue of Subcanonical Curves

Creation of Subcanonical Curves

SubcanonicalCurve(g,d,Q) : RngIntElt,RngIntElt,SeqEnum -> GRCrvK

The subcanonical curve C, D of genus g, degree d and initial Hilbert series coefficients V.

IsSubcanonicalCurve(g,d,Q) : RngIntElt,RngIntElt,SeqEnum -> BoolElt,GRCrvK

Return true if and only if the data g, d, V passes some basic checks that there is a subcanonical curve C, D of genus g, degree d and initial Hilbert series coefficients V. In that case, the second return value is such a curve.

HilbertPolynomialOfCurve(g,m) : RngIntElt,RngIntElt -> RngUPolElt

The Hilbert polynomial mt + 1 - g of a divisor of degree m on a curve of genus g.

IsEffective(C) : GRCrvK -> BoolElt

Return true if and only if the polarising divisor of the subcanonical curve C is effective; that is, if and only if the Hilbert series has the form 1 + p₁t + ... with p₁>0.

Catalogue of Subcanonical Curves

This section describes intrinsics that allow the user to generate many examples of Hilbert series of subcanonical curves and attempt to interpret them as curves embedded in wps.

EffectiveSubcanonicalCurves(g) : RngIntElt -> SeqEnum

EffectiveSubcanonicalCurves(g,d) : RngIntElt,RngIntElt -> SeqEnum

A sequence containing data for effective subcanonical curves of genus g≥3 (polarised by a divisor of degree d if the second argument is given).

IneffectiveSubcanonicalCurves(g) : RngIntElt -> SeqEnum

IneffectiveSubcanonicalCurves(g,d) : RngIntElt,RngIntElt -> SeqEnum

A sequence containing data for ineffective subcanonical curves of genus g≥3 (polarised by a divisor of degree d if the second argument is given).