Deformations of rational curves in positive characteristic
2020 ◽
Vol 2020
(769)
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pp. 55-86
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AbstractWe study deformations of rational curves and their singularities in positive characteristic. We use this to prove that if a smooth and proper surface in positive characteristic p is dominated by a family of rational curves such that one member has all δ-invariants (resp. Jacobian numbers) strictly less than {\frac{1}{2}(p-1)} (resp. p), then the surface has negative Kodaira dimension. We also prove similar, but weaker results hold for higher-dimensional varieties. Moreover, we show by example that our result is in some sense optimal. On our way, we obtain a sufficient criterion in terms of Jacobian numbers for the normalization of a curve over an imperfect field to be smooth.
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Vol 74
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pp. 81-104
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Vol 35
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pp. 2242-2268
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Vol 91
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pp. 163-172
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2012 ◽
Vol 22
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pp. 201-248
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1999 ◽
Vol 09
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pp. 51-77
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2001 ◽
Vol 64
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pp. 327-343
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