The classical Segre theory gives a necessary and sufficient condition for a plane curve to be a branch curve of a (generic) projection of a smooth surface in ${\mathbb{P}}^3$. We generalize this result for smooth surfaces in a projective space of any dimension in the following way: given two plane curves, $B$ and $E$, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for $B$ to be the branch curve of a surface $X$ in ${\mathbb{P}}^N$ and $E$ to be the image of the double curve of a ${\mathbb{P}}^3$-model of $X$. In the classical Segre theory, a plane curve...

Here we study the integers (d, g, r) such that on a smooth projective curve of genus g there exists a rank r stable vector bundle with degree d and spanned by its global sections.

Let C = (C, g^1/4 ) be a tetragonal curve. We consider the scrollar invariants e1 , e2 , e3 of g^1/4 . We prove that if W^1/4 (C) is a non-singular variety, then every g^1/4 ∈ W^1/4 (C) has the same scrollar invariants.

Let $Y$ be an integral projective curve with $g:=p_a\left(Y\right)\ge 2$. For all positive integers $d$, $r$ let $W_d^r\left(Y\right)\left({}^{*A*}\right)$ be the set of all $L\in {\text{Pic}}^d\left(Y\right)$ with $h^0\left(Y,L\right)\ge r+1$ and $L$ spanned. Here we prove that if $d\le g-2$, then $dim\left(W_d^r\left(Y\right)\left({}^{*A*}\right)\right)\le d-3r$ except in a few cases (essentially if $Y$ is a double covering).

Sia $X\subset \mathbb{P}\left(H^0{\left(X,L\right)}^{*}\right)$ una curva proeittiva e lissa, generali nel senso di Brill-Noether, indichiamo con ${\mathcal{R}}_4\left(X\right)$ l'insieme algebrico di quadrici di rango $4$ contenendo a $X$. In questo lavoro noi descriviamo birazionalmente i componenti irriducibile di ${\mathcal{R}}_4\left(X\right)$.