Götsche's polynomiality conjecture for nodal curves on surfaces

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Let SS be a smooth, irreducible, complex projective surface, let 4L44\mathscr{L}4 be a line bundle on SS, and write Y=∣L∣=P(H0(S,L))Y=|\mathscr{L}|=\mathbb{P}(H^0(S,\mathscr{L})) with N=dim⁡YN=\dim Y. For a non-negative integer r≤Nr\leq N, let Nr(S,L)N_r(S,\mathscr{L}) be the degree of the locus of rr-nodal curves in YY. Write

(∂,k,s,x)=(L2,LKS,KS2,c2(S)).(\partial,k,s,x)=(\mathscr{L}^2,\mathscr{L}\mathscr{K}_S,\mathscr{K}_S^2,c_2(S)).

Here KS\mathscr{K}_S is the canonical bundle and LKS\mathscr{L}\mathscr{K}_S denotes the degree of c1(L)c1(KS)c_1(\mathscr{L})c_1(\mathscr{K}_S). Götsche's polynomiality conjecture. There exist polynomials Zr∈Q[t,u,v,w]Z_r\in\mathbb{Q}[t,u,v,w] of degree rr, for r≥0r\geq0, such that whenever L\mathscr{L} is (5r−1)(5r-1)-very ample,

Nr(S,L)=Zr(∂,k,s,x).N_r(S,\mathscr{L})=Z_r(\partial,k,s,x).

This predicts that, under the stated ampleness condition, the node number depends only on the four Chern numbers of the polarized surface. The source notes that this conjecture was proved by Tzeng.

References

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Nikolay Qviller, “Structure of Node Polynomials for Curves on Surfaces”, arXiv:1102.2092 (2014).

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