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A LOWER BOUND FOR THE GONALITY CONJECTURE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2017

Wouter Castryck*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Paul Painlevé, Université de Lille-1, Cité Scientifique, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France Departement Elektrotechniek, KU Leuven and imec-Cosic, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10/2452, 3001 Leuven, Belgium email wouter.castryck@gmail.com
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Abstract

For every integer $k\geqslant 3$ we construct a $k$-gonal curve $C$ along with a very ample divisor of degree $2g+k-1$ (where $g$ is the genus of $C$) to which the vanishing statement from the Green–Lazarsfeld gonality conjecture does not apply.

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Research Article
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Copyright © University College London 2017 

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