Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 139 1 vi Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-05
The divisor is understood to be on ; the printed “on ” is a typo. Combining asymptotic Riemann–Roch with cohomology growth for nef twists givesSince a nef divisor has nonnegative top self-intersection number, this limit is positive exactly when . This is the volume of a nef divisor criterion.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 139 2 iii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-05
Each is a nef divisor. If , the volume of a nef divisor formula gives quadratic growth of . Multiplication by the section of injects this space into , so the birational linear system criterion for bigness makes the Iitaka dimension of two.