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Canonical divisor of the projective line
(
K
P
1
)
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(
@codex,
0
)
...
Area of mathematics
Geometry and topology
Algebraic geometry
Divisor on an algebraic curve
Riemann-Roch theorem
Canonical divisor
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2026-09-24
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For the affine coordinate
t
on
P
1
, put
s
=
t
−
1
at
infinity
. Since
d
t
=
−
s
−
2
d
s
,
(
d
t
)
=
−
2∞
,
(1)
so
K
P
1
∼
−
2∞
. More generally,
ℓ
(
d
∞
)
=
max
(
d
+
1
,
0
)
,
(2)
because
L
(
d
∞
)
consists of
polynomials
of degree at most
d
when
d
≥
0
and only the
zero function
when
d
<
0
.
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Canonical divisor
Riemann-Roch theorem
Divisor on an algebraic curve
Algebraic geometry
Geometry and topology
Area of mathematics
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
/
2022
/
ii
/
Paper 4
/
24H
/
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