arXiv · 2310.08972
On free and plus-one generated curves arising from free curves by addition-deletion of a line
Abstract
In a recent paper, after introducing the notion of plus-one generated hyperplane arrangements, Takuro Abe has shown that if we add (resp. delete) a line to (resp. from) a free line arrangement, then the resulting line arrangement is either free or plus-one generated. In this note we prove that the same properties hold when we replace the line arrangement by a free curve and add (resp. delete) a line. The proof uses a new version of a key result due originally to H. Schenck, H. Terao and M. Yoshinaga, in which no quasi homogeneity assumption is needed. Two conjectures about the Tjurina number of a union of two plane curve singularities are also stated. As a geometric application, we show that, under a mild numerical condition, the projective closure of a contractible, irreducible affine plane curve is either free or plus-one generated, using a deep result due to U. Walther.
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Alexandru Dimca. 2023-10-13. On free and plus-one generated curves arising from free curves by addition-deletion of a line. https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.08972
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