The Cohen-Macaulay space of twisted cubics

Abstract

In this work, we describe the Cohen-Macaulay space CM of twisted cubics parameterizing curves $C$ together with a finite map $i:C\to {\mathbb{P}}^3$ that is generically a closed immersion and such that $C$ has Hilbert polynomial $p(t)=3t+1$ with respect to $i$. We show that CM is irreducible, smooth and birational to one component of the Hilbert scheme of twisted cubics.

16 pages, 2 figures

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• The space of Cohen-Macaulay curves