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Geometric Genus of Projective Curves
Definition: Let C be a projective curve, and let
HC(t) = d(C)*t - pa(C) + 1
be its Hilbert polynomial, then
  • d(C) =: degree of the curve C

  • pa(C) =: arithmetic genus of the curve.

The geometric genus g(C) is the arithmetic genus of the normalization Cn of C:
g(C):=pa(Cn)

If we are able to compute the normalization, we can compute the geometric genus. But this is
very time consuming. We propose a procedure being based on the following knowledge:
  • pa(C)=g(C)+delta(C),   where delta(C) is the sum over the local delta invariants in the singular points

  • There exist a projection C-->D to a plane curve D with degree d(D)=d(C), such that Cn=Dn. Then

    g(C) = pa(Cn) = pa(Dn) = g(D).
    Almost every projection has this property.
Plane Curves

Lille, 08-07-02 http://www.singular.uni-kl.de