On the gonality of curves in $\bold P^n$
Ballico, Edoardo
Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae, Tome 38 (1997), p. 177-186 / Harvested from Czech Digital Mathematics Library
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Here we study the gonality of several projective curves which arise in a natural way (e.g\. curves with maximal genus in $\bold P^n$, curves with given degree $d$ and genus $g$ for all possible $d$, $g$ if $n = 3$ and with large $g$ for arbitrary $(d,g,n)$).

Publié le : 1997-01-01
Classification:  14H45,  14H50,  14N05 
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Ballico, Edoardo. On the gonality of curves in $\bold P^n$. Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae, Tome 38 (1997) pp. 177-186. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/118914/

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