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On the gonality and the slope of a fibered surface

Xin LuKang Zuo

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Surface (mathematics)General Mathematics010102 general mathematicsFibrationFibered knot01 natural sciencesUpper and lower boundsCombinatoricsGenus (mathematics)0103 physical sciences010307 mathematical physicsFiber0101 mathematicsMathematics

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Abstract Let f : X → B be a locally non-trivial relatively minimal fibration of curves of genus g ≥ 2 . We obtain a lower bound of the slope λ ( f ) increasing with the gonality of the general fiber of f. In particular, we show that λ ( f ) ≥ 4 provided that f is non-hyperelliptic and g ≥ 16 .

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2017.11.014