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March 2005 Ramified coverings and Gaussian maps of smooth algebraic curves
E. Ballico, C. Keem
Kodai Math. J. 28(1): 92-98 (March 2005). DOI: 10.2996/kmj/1111588038

Abstract

We show the existence of special curves which are ramified coverings of irrational curves with surjective Wahl maps. We also show the failure of a key property of Gaussian maps in positive characteristic, i.e. the Gherardelli's lower bound for the rank of a Gaussian map.

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E. Ballico. C. Keem. "Ramified coverings and Gaussian maps of smooth algebraic curves." Kodai Math. J. 28 (1) 92 - 98, March 2005. https://doi.org/10.2996/kmj/1111588038

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Published: March 2005
First available in Project Euclid: 23 March 2005

zbMATH: 1079.14039
MathSciNet: MR2122192
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2996/kmj/1111588038

Rights: Copyright © 2005 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Mathematics

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