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In classical [[algebraic geometry]], the genus-degree formula relates the degree <math>d</math> of a plane curve <math>C\subset\mathbb{P}^2</math> with its arithmetic genus <math>g</math> via the forumla: | In classical [[algebraic geometry]], the genus-degree formula relates the degree <math>d</math> of a plane curve <math>C\subset\mathbb{P}^2</math> with its arithmetic genus <math>g</math> via the forumla: | ||
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In classical algebraic geometry, the genus-degree formula relates the degree of a plane curve with its arithmetic genus via the forumla:
Proofs
The proof is immediate by adjunction. For a classical proof see the first reference below.
References
- Arbarello, Cornalba, Griffiths, Harris. Geometry of algebraic curves. vol 1 Springer, ISBN 0387909974, appendix A.
- Grffiths and Harris, Principls of algebraic geometry, Wiley, ISBN 0-471-05059-8, chapter 2, section 1