Cuspidal plane curves, syzygies and a bound on the MW-rank

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2011-07-11

arxiv.org/abs/1107.2043v3

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Algebraic Geometry

A new (shorted) proof for Proposition 3.6. Some further minor corrections

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Let $C=Z(f)$ be a reduced plane curve of degree $6k$, with only nodes and ordinary cusps as singularities. Let $I$ be the ideal of the points where $C$ has a cusp. Let $\oplus S(-b_i)\to \oplus S(-a_i) \to S\to S/I$ be a minimal resolution of $I$. We show that $b_i\leq 5k$. From this we obtain that the Mordell-Weil rank of the elliptic threefold $W:y^2=x^3+f$ equals $2#{i\mid b_i=5k}$. Using this we find an upper bound for the Mordell-Weil rank of $W$, which is $1/2(15-\sqrt{15})k+l.o.t.$ and we find an upper bound for the exponent of $(t^2-t+1)$ in the Alexander polynomial of $C$, which is $1/4(15-\sqrt{15})k+l.o.t.$. This improves a recent bound of Cogolludo and Libgober almost by a factor 2.

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