The maximal rank conjecture

Let C be a general curve of genus g, embedded in Pr via a general linear series of degree d. In this thesis, we prove the Maximal Rank Conjecture, which determines the Hilbert function of C Pr.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2018

Author dc:creator

• Larson, Eric Kerner

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Joseph Harris.

• Mathematics.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117868

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