Laface's modified Harbourne–Hirschowitz conjecture for Hirzebruch surfaces

Let L=ah+bFi=1hmiPi{\mathcal{L}}=|ah+bF-\sum_{i=1}^{h}m_iP_i| be a system on the Hirzebruch surface Fe{\mathbb{F}}_e, and let M{\mathcal{M}} be its residual system after repeatedly subtracting any (1)(-1)-curve having negative intersection and then subtracting the negative section hh whenever its intersection is negative. Laface's modified Harbourne–Hirschowitz conjecture. The system L(i=1hmiPi){\mathcal{L}}(-\sum_{i=1}^hm_iP_i) is special if and only if it is (1)(-1)-special, meaning v(M)>v(L)v({\mathcal{M}})>v({\mathcal{L}}). This extends the proposed (1)(-1)-curve characterization of speciality from the plane to Hirzebruch surfaces.

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Cristiano Bocci, “Special effect varieties and (-1)-curves”, arXiv:math/0410527 (2004).

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