On the Kodaira dimension of the moduli space of nodal curves

Irene Schwarz

We show that the compactification of the moduli space of $n-$nodal curves of genus g, i.e. ${\mathcal{N}}_{g,n}:={\mathcal{M}}_{g,2n}/G$, with $G:=({\mathbb{Z}}_2{)}^n⋊S_n$, is o…