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Generic hyperplane section of a projective curve

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For a general linear form ℓ not vanishing identically on a projective curve, the exact sequence
0→AC​(−1)ℓ​AC​→AC​/(ℓ)→0
(1)
shows that the hyperplane-section length is PC​(m)−PC​(m−1)=degC.

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