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No smooth plane curve has genus two

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Geometry and topology Algebraic geometry Divisor on an algebraic curve Riemann-Roch theorem Canonical divisor Genus of a smooth plane curve
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If a smooth degree-d projective plane curve had genus two, the genus-degree formula would give (d−1)(d−2)=4, equivalently d2−3d−2=0. Its discriminant is 17, so it has no integral solution for the degree d.

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