2003/09/11 by E. Gorla, Gorla, E.
Mathematics · #13F20 #14H99 #14M02 #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #Commutative Algebra (math.AC) #FOS: Mathematics #math.AC #math.AG #msc:13F20 #msc:14H99 #msc:14M02
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0309189
55 pages, to appear in Transactions AMS
arxiv created 2004/04/13 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
In this paper, we discuss some necessary and sufficient condition for a curve to be arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay, in terms of its general hyperplane section. We obtain a characterization of the degree matrices that can occur for points in the plane that are the general hyperplane section of a non arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay curve of P3. We prove that almost all the degree matrices with positive subdiagonal that occur for the general plane section of a non arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay curve of P3, arise also as degree matrices of the general plane section of some smooth, integral, non arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay curve, and we characterize the exceptions. We give a necessary condition on the graded Betti numbers of the general hyperplane section of an arithmetically Buchsbaum, (non arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay) curve in Pn. For curves in P3, we show that any set of Betti numbers that satisfies that condition, can be realised as the Betti numbers of the general plane section of an arithmetically Buchsbaum, non arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay curve. We also show that the matrices that arise as degree matrix of the general plane section of an arithmetically Buchsbaum, integral, (smooth) non arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay space curve are exactly those that arise as degree matrix of the general plane section of an arithmetically Buchsbaum, non arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay space curve and have positive subdiagonal. We also prove some bounds on the dimension of the deficiency module of an arithmetically Buchsbaum space curve, in terms of the degree matrix of the general plane section of the curve.