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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 139 2 v Solution by
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Choose an ample divisor . The Hodge index theorem for algebraic surfaces implies : if it were zero, would force the numerical class of to be zero. Consequently cannot be effective, because every nonzero effective divisor has positive intersection with , while .
The Riemann–Roch theorem for algebraic surfaces and the preceding computation give . By Serre duality, . Thus
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