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Interpolation for Brill–Noether curves
Abstract In this paper, we determine the number of general points through which a Brill–Noether curve of fixed degree and genus in any projective space can be passed.
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- PAR ID:
- 10476848
- Publisher / Repository:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Forum of Mathematics, Pi
- Volume:
- 11
- ISSN:
- 2050-5086
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1-90
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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