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CORRECTIONS

to be made to the article by S. Kleiman and R. Piene

ENUMERATING SINGULAR CURVES ON SURFACES

appearing in “Algebraic geometry — Hirzebruch 70,”

Cont. Math. 241 (1999), 209–238

p. 217b. — In the displayed formula for $`cod(𝐃)`$, replace ‘$`m_D`$’ by ‘$`m_V`$’.

p. 219. — In Table 2-1, the value of $`r`$ for $`X_{1,2}`$ should not be 1, but 4.

p. 221b. — The proof of Proposition (3.2) should have used Gotzmann’s regularity theorem in much the same way that it is used in the proof of Proposition (3.5). So replace the second paragraph in the first proof by the following two. There exists a map $`\phi `$ from the germ of $`Y`$ at $`y`$ into $`B`$ carrying $`y`$ to the origin. Since $`m\mu 1`$ by hypothesis, $`\phi `$ is smooth, as we’ll now show. It suffices to show the surjectivity of the map of tangent spaces, which is equal to the natural map,

$$H^0()/H^0(𝒪_S)H^0\left(/𝒦_{C,S}\right).$$

Since $`𝒩`$ is spanned, it suffices to show the surjectivity of the map,

$$H^0(^m)H^0\left(^m/𝒦_{C,S}^m\right).$$
$`(\mathrm{3.2.1})`$   
To show the surjectivity of (3.2.1), embed $`S`$ in a projective space $`P`$ so that $`=𝒪_S(1)`$, and let $`𝒦_{C,P}𝒪_P`$ be the ideal such that

$$𝒪_P/𝒦_{C,P}=𝒪_S/𝒦_{C,S}.$$

Now, since $`𝒦_{C,S}𝒥_{C,S}`$, Proposition (3.1) implies that $`\mu dimH^0(𝒪_S/𝒦_{C,S})`$. Hence, by Gotzmann’s regularity theorem  (see also \[14, p. 80\]), the ideal $`𝒦_{C,P}`$ is $`\mu `$-regular. So $`H^1(𝒦_{C,P}(m))`$ vanishes for $`m\mu 1`$. Hence the map

$$H^0(𝒪_P(m))H^0\left((𝒪_P/𝒦_{C,P})(m)\right)$$

is surjective. It factors through (3.2.1), so (3.2.1) is surjective. Thus $`\phi `$ is smooth.

p. 225b. — In the third paragraph of the proof of (3.7), replace the third sentence by the following one. On the other hand, every fiber of $`Z(𝐃)H(𝐃)`$ is a projective space, and meets $`Z_0(𝐃)`$ in a nonempty open subset by (3.5).

p. 226m. — In the second paragraph of Section 4, replace the first clause of the first sentence by the following one. Let $`\pi :FY`$ be a smooth and projective family of (possibly reducible) surfaces, where $`Y`$ is equidimensional and Cohen–Macaulay, and …

p. 226m. — In the displayed sequence of principal parts, the the first term should be twisted by $`D`$ too:

$$0𝑆𝑦𝑚^{i1}\mathrm{\Omega }_{F/Y}^1(D)\mathrm{}.$$

p. 230t. — In (4.5), replace the final ‘$`=`$’ by ‘$``$’, getting

$$\mathrm{}a+b+2cr+2.$$
$`(4.5)`$   
p. 230m. — In the paragraph that begins, “The genericity hypothesis also implies,” replace the first sentence by the following one. The genericity hypothesis also implies that $`X_2`$ is reduced, Cohen–Macaulay, and equidimensional of codimension 3 in $`F`$.

p. 231. — In the second display, replace $`w_1e`$ by $`w_1+e`$, and $`w_2+e^2`$ by $`w_2e^2`$. In the third display, replace $`w_1e`$ by $`w_1+e`$, and $`w_2+e`$ by $`w_2e^2`$. In the next to the last paragraph, replace $`w_1e`$ by $`w_1+e`$ and $`w_2+e`$ by $`w_2e^2`$, and $`w_2^3`$ by $`w_2e`$. In the display, remove $`[X_i]`$, and move the sentence following the display down to after the next display.

p. 237. — References 3, 4, 5, and 8 have appeared. The bibliographic data follows. 3. J. Amer. Math. Soc. 13(2) (2000), 371–410.

4. Duke Math. J. 99(2) (1999), 311–28.

5. Surveys in Diff. Geom. 5 (1999), 313-39.

8. London Math Society Lecture Note Series 276, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2000.