Brill–Noether theory

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Brill–Noether theory is a branch of algebraic geometry that studies linear series on algebraic curves, particularly the existence and dimension of spaces of special divisors and maps to projective spaces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of algebraic geometry ⓘ
appliesTo complex algebraic curves ⓘ
smooth projective algebraic curves ⓘ
centralInvariant Brill–Noether number ⓘ
concerns actual dimension of linear series spaces ⓘ
existence of maps of given degree and dimension ⓘ
expected dimension of linear series spaces ⓘ
developedBy Alexander Brill ⓘ
Max Noether ⓘ
field algebraic geometry ⓘ
focusesOn dimension of spaces of linear series ⓘ
existence of linear series ⓘ
moduli of linear series ⓘ
spaces of special divisors ⓘ
furtherDevelopedBy David Mumford ⓘ
Enrico Arbarello ⓘ
Joe Harris ⓘ
Maurizio Cornalba ⓘ
P. A. Griffiths ⓘ
linked to: Phillip Griffiths

Phillip Griffiths ⓘ
hasApplicationIn classification of algebraic curves ⓘ
construction of maps to projective spaces ⓘ
historicalDevelopment late 19th century ⓘ
namedAfter Alexander Brill ⓘ
Max Noether ⓘ
relatedTo Green’s conjecture ⓘ
Petri’s theorem ⓘ
Riemann surface theory ⓘ
linked to: Riemann surfaces

moduli theory ⓘ
projective embeddings of curves ⓘ
syzygies of curves ⓘ
studies Brill–Noether loci ⓘ
linear series on algebraic curves ⓘ
maps from algebraic curves to projective spaces ⓘ
special divisors on algebraic curves ⓘ
varieties of linear series ⓘ
varieties of special divisors ⓘ
usesConcept Clifford’s theorem ⓘ
Hurwitz space ⓘ
Jacobian of a curve ⓘ
linked to: Jacobian varieties

Picard variety ⓘ
linked to: Jacobian varieties

Riemann–Roch theorem ⓘ
Weierstrass points ⓘ
complete linear series ⓘ
divisor on a curve ⓘ
gonality of a curve ⓘ
incomplete linear series ⓘ
line bundle on a curve ⓘ
moduli space of curves ⓘ
special divisor ⓘ

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Riemann–Roch theorem → usedIn → Brill–Noether theory ⓘ
Castelnuovo–Mumford regularity → relatedTo → Green’s conjecture on syzygies ⓘ
linked to: Brill–Noether theory
Brill–Noether theory → centralInvariant → Brill–Noether number ⓘ
linked to: Brill–Noether theory
Brill–Noether theory → studies → Brill–Noether loci ⓘ
linked to: Brill–Noether theory
Alexander Brill → knownFor → Brill–Noether theory ⓘ
Clifford’s theorem → relatesConcept → Brill–Noether theory ⓘ
Clifford’s theorem → usedIn → Brill–Noether theory of linear series ⓘ
linked to: Brill–Noether theory
Clifford’s theorem → relatedTheorem → Brill–Noether theorem ⓘ
linked to: Brill–Noether theory
Weierstrass point → studiedIn → Brill–Noether theory ⓘ
subject linked to: Weierstrass points
Green’s conjecture → relatedTo → Brill–Noether theory ⓘ
Petri’s theorem → relatedTo → Brill–Noether theory ⓘ
Joe Harris → fieldOfWork → Brill–Noether theory ⓘ
Joe Harris → notableWork → Brill–Noether theory ⓘ
Enrico Arbarello → fieldOfWork → Brill–Noether theory ⓘ