Relative Node Polynomials for Plane Curves

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2010-09-26

arxiv.org/abs/1009.5063v3

Mathematics

Algebraic Geometry

27 pages, final version, to be published in Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics

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We generalize the recent work of S. Fomin and G. Mikhalkin on polynomial formulas for Severi degrees. The degree of the Severi variety of plane curves of degree d and delta nodes is given by a polynomial in d, provided delta is fixed and d is large enough. We extend this result to generalized Severi varieties parametrizing plane curves which, in addition, satisfy tangency conditions of given orders with respect to a given line. We show that the degrees of these varieties, appropriately rescaled, are given by a combinatorially defined "relative node polynomial" in the tangency orders, provided the latter are large enough. We describe a method to compute these polynomials for arbitrary delta, and use it to present explicit formulas for delta <= 6. We also give a threshold for polynomiality, and compute the first few leading terms for any delta.

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