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Neutral linear series and Brill-Noether theory of singular curves
CLAUDIO FONTANARI

Abstract. On a projective nonsingular curve C of genus g the variety Nnr(A) of neutral linear series parameterizes linear series of degree n and dimension r to which a given effective divisor A of degree s does not impose independent conditions. Edoardo Sernesi proved that, in the appropriate ranges of g,r,n,s, if C is a Brill-Noether curve then Nnr(A) is non-empty. As an application, here we deduce a Brill-Noether existence theorem for irreducible curves obtained from a Brill-Noether curve by identifying a pair of points to an ordinary node

Rend. Mat. Appl. (7) 38 (2017) 171-174; pdf file pdf