Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4596877 Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 2010 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

Let C be a general curve of genus g≥3. Here we prove that there is a normally generated L∈Picd(C) such that h0(C,L)=r+1≥4 (i.e. a very ample line bundle which embeds C in Pr as a projectively normal curve) if and only if (r+1)h1≤g≤r(r−1)/2+2h1, where h1≔g+r−d=h1(C,L).

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