On Degenerations of Fibre Spaces of Curves of Genus >= 2

Abstract

In this note, we show that for surfaces admitting suitable fibrations, any given degeneration X / Delta is bimeromorphic to a fiber space over Delta and we apply this result to the study of the degenerate fiber.

arXiv comment3 pages, Latex2e, to appear in Arch. der Math., DVI file available at http://www.fen.bilkent.edu.tr/~sertoz/papers/archiv.dvi