\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{amsart} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsthm} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-cd} \usetikzlibrary{positioning} \usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta} \usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathmorphing} \usepackage{hyperref} \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem} \newtheorem{lemma}{Lemma} \newtheorem{definition}{Definition} \newcommand{\CC}{\mathbb{C}} \newcommand{\RR}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\DD}{\mathbb{D}} \newcommand{\BB}{\mathbb{B}} \newcommand{\PP}{\mathbb{P}} \newcommand{\s}{\mathbb{S}} \newcommand{\ZZ}{\mathbb{Z}} %opening \title{Complement of a projective curve} \author{ Enrique Artal Bartolo \\ Alba Larraya Sancho \\ Miguel A. Marco-Buzunariz} \begin{document} \maketitle \begin{abstract} \end{abstract} \section{Definition of the problem} Given $C$ a proyective curve in $\PP^2$ over $\CC$, we know that the complement of the curve has the homotopy type of a CW-complex of real dimension $2$, our problem is how to find an effective model for said CW-complex. \section{Smooth curves} Given a smooth curve of degree $d$ in $\PP^2$, we know it is isomorphic to a curve of the form \begin{equation} C_d=\{[x:y:z]\in\PP^2 | x^d+y^d+z^d=0\} \end{equation} Therefore, we will work with $C_d$, from now on. We will denote: \begin{eqnarray} M_d&=&\{(x,y,z)\in\CC | x^d+y^d+z^d=1\} \\ S_d&=&\{(x,y,z)\in M_d | x^d, y^d, z^d\in\RR^{\geq0}\} \\ K &=&\{[x:y:z]\in\PP^2 | x^d, y^d, z^d\in\RR^{\geq0}\} \end{eqnarray} We then have a commutative diagram: \begin{equation*} \begin{array}{ccc} S_d & \longrightarrow & M_d \\ \downarrow & & \downarrow \\ K & \longrightarrow & \PP^2\setminus C_d \\ \end{array} \end{equation*} The inclusion $i:S_d\longrightarrow M_d$ induces a homotopy equivalence. This follows from the following lemma: \begin{theorem} $S_d$ is a strong deformation retract of $M_d$. \end{theorem} \begin{proof} We start by getting a retraction $r:M_d\longrightarrow S_d$ for $d=1$, and then we'll see that we can lift it. We can construct $r$ in two steps: \begin{equation*} \begin{array}{cccccc} r:&M_1 & \longrightarrow & M_1\cap\RR^3&\longrightarrow&S_1 \\ \end{array} \end{equation*} Let $r_1:M_1 \longrightarrow M_1\cap\RR^3$ and $r_2:M_1\cap\RR^3\longrightarrow S_1$. Then $r_1$ is given by: \begin{equation} \begin{array}{ccc} r_1: M_1\times I & \longrightarrow & M_1\cap\RR^3 \\ (x_r+ix_i,y_r+iy_i,z_r+iz_i, t) & \longrightarrow & (x_r+(1-t)ix_i,y_r+(1-t)iy_i,z_r+(1-t)iz_i) \\ \end{array} \end{equation} \end{proof} \end{document}