A compact moduli space for Cohen-Macaulay curves in projective space
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Author(s)
Hønsen, Morten Oskar, 1973-
Advisor(s)
Aise Johan de Jong.
Date Issued
2004
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
We define a moduli functor parametrizing finite maps from a projective (locally) Cohen-Macaulay curve to a fixed projective space. The definition of the functor includes a number of technical conditions, but the most important is that the map is almost everywhere an isomorphism onto its image. The motivation for this definition comes from trying to interpolate between the Hilbert scheme and the Kontsevich mapping space. The main result of this thesis is that our functor is represented by a proper algebraic space. As an application we obtain interesting compactifications of the spaces of smooth curves in projective space. We illustrate this in the case of rational quartics, where the resulting space appears easier than the Hilbert scheme.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mathematics, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-59).
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Mathematics.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
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