The classification conjecture for rational cuspidal plane curves with at least three cusps

Let CC be a rational cuspidal plane curve of degree d6d\geq 6 with at least three cusps. If CC is free, write (d1,d2)(d_1,d_2) for its exponents, with d1=mdr(f)d_1=mdr(f).

Main classification conjecture. The curve CC is free, and its exponents determine the infinite series to which it belongs as follows:

  1. CFZ1(d,a)C\in {\mathcal F}{\mathcal Z}_1(d,a) if and only if d1=2d_1=2, in which case d2=d3d_2=d-3.
  2. CFZ2(k)C\in {\mathcal F}{\mathcal Z}_2(k) if and only if d1=(d1)/23d_1=(d-1)/2\geq 3, in which case d2=d1d_2=d_1.
  3. CFF(k)C\in {\mathcal F}{\mathcal F}(k) if and only if d1=(d+2)/34d_1=(d+2)/3\geq 4, in which case d2=(2d5)/3d_2=(2d-5)/3.

This conjecture combines the preceding family-specific freeness conjectures and predicts that all rational cuspidal plane curves of the stated degree and cusp number belong to one of the three listed families. No resolution is stated in the supplied text.

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Primary source

Alexandru Dimca and Gabriel Sticlaru, “Deformations of plane curves and Jacobian syzygies”, arXiv:1808.05524 (2018).

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