(Algebra) It’s a complex projective manifold C of dimension one. As such, it has a field of rational functions K(C) of transcendence degree one over the field C of scalars. The curve can be recovered from the field as the set of discrete valuation rings of K/C, which has the “natural” structure of a projective manifold. There is a canonical line bundle ωC , whose degree captures the genus via d...

The canonical divisor on a smooth plane curve 30 6.2. More general divisors on smooth plane curves 31 6.3. The canonical divisor on a nodal plane curve 32 6.4. More general divisors on nodal plane curves 33

We go over some of the basics of plane algebraic curves, which are planar curves described as the set of solutions of a polynomial in two variables. We study many basic notions, such as projective space, parametrization, and the intersection of two curves. We end with the group law on the cubic and search for torsion points.

Given a parametrization of a curve we would like to find a ‘small’ parametrization of the same curve. Where small simply refers to the number of bits required to display the parametrization. In order to be practical we must accomplish our task quickly, since the result is an aesthetic result. Presented here is a largely heuristic algorithm which is quite practical and could be easily included i...

Super Riemann surfaces of genus 1, with arbitrary spin structures, are shown to be the sets of zeroes of certain polynomial equations in projective superspace. We conjecture that the same is true for arbitrary genus. Properties of superelliptic functions and super theta functions are discussed. The boundary of the genus I super moduli space is determined.