The strong maximal rank conjecture for linear series on general curves

Let gg, rr, and dd be positive integers such that gd+r0g-d+r\geq 0 and 0ρ(g,r,d)r20\leq \rho(g,r,d)\leq r-2. For a general curve XX of genus gg, let Wdr(X)W^r_d(X) denote the variety of divisor classes of degree dd and rank at least rr, and define

Σd,mr(X)={DWdr(X)μm does not have maximal rank}.\Sigma^r_{d,m}(X)=\{D\in W^r_d(X)\mid \mu_m\text{ does not have maximal rank}\}.

Here μm:SymmH0(X,D)H0(X,mD)\mu_m:\operatorname{Sym}^m H^0(X,D)\to H^0(X,mD) is the multiplication map and ρ(g,r,d)=g(r+1)(gd+r)\rho(g,r,d)=g-(r+1)(g-d+r). The strong maximal rank conjecture. The variety Σd,mr(X)\Sigma^r_{d,m}(X) has expected dimension

ρ(g,r,d)1mdg+1(r+mm).\rho(g,r,d)-1-\left\lvert md-g+1-\binom{r+m}{m}\right\rvert.

This refines the maximal rank conjecture by predicting not only maximal rank of the multiplication map for a general linear series, but also the dimension of the locus where maximal rank fails. The source discusses the conjecture in the range 0ρ(g,r,d)r20\leq\rho(g,r,d)\leq r-2; the status of the general prediction is not specified in the supplied text.

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David Jensen and Sam Payne, “On the strong maximal rank conjecture in genus 22 and 23”, arXiv:1808.01285 (2018).

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