Degree-specialized Riemann--Roch and winnability #
For a divisor of degree g - 1 + k, graph Riemann--Roch says that the rank
condition rank D ≥ k is exactly winnability of the canonical complement
K - D. This is the form used repeatedly by residual-chip and
common-complement arguments, where the degree bookkeeping is fixed before the
rank condition is applied.
At degree g - 1 + k, rank at least k is equivalent to winnability of
the canonical complement.
Effective-representative form of the degree-specialized Riemann--Roch
criterion. This is convenient for residual constructions: a rank hypothesis
can be destructed directly into an effective representative of K - D.
Complementary form: if F has degree g - 1 - k, then K - F has rank
at least k exactly when F is winnable.
Effective-representative version of the complementary criterion.
The rank-one canonical-complement test used in the width-two and prescribed-residual constructions.
The degree-g-1 case: a divisor is winnable exactly when its canonical
complement is winnable.