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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 139 3 ii Solution by
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For an effective Cartier divisor , the divisor restriction exact sequence givesThe scheme has dimension at most , so the permitted scheme version of part (i) bounds by . For the infinitely many in the hypothesis,once is sufficiently large. Thus infinitely many such have a nonzero section of . This dimension-drop argument is the section subtraction lemma for big divisors.
If “effective divisor” is interpreted as an effective Weil divisor on a normal variety, use its coherent divisor ideal instead. The quotient by that ideal is supported in dimension at most , so the polynomial bound for sections of a fixed divisor gives the same conclusion. For the assertion is immediate.
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