Corollaries of Riemann–Roch #
Standard consequences of the main theorem, including C5 (Clifford) and C6 (existence of non-special divisors).
C1: for a canonical divisor, ℓ(W) = g.
C2: deg W = 2g − 2.
C4: index-of-specialty language matches ℓ(W − D).
The specialty index vanishes in degree at least 2g - 1.
The specialty index vanishes above a uniform degree bound.
A positive-dimensional Riemann–Roch space supplies an effective representative of the divisor's linear-equivalence class.
Riemann–Roch spaces preserve infima of divisors.
The sum of two Riemann–Roch spaces lies in the space of the supremum divisor.
Riemann–Roch dimension is submodular on the divisor lattice.
Every positive-dimensional complete linear system has a representative minimal under removing one copy of any place.
Over an infinite constant field, finitely many one-place drops from a minimal complete linear system can be avoided simultaneously.
Membership of a nonzero function in L(D) expressed coefficientwise through its principal
divisor.
If multiplication by a section that is exact at every place in supp B creates no new
poles, the other factor is constant.
Stichtenoth's key Clifford inequality for an effective nonzero second divisor and a first divisor minimal under one-place drops.
Stichtenoth Lemma 1.6.14 over an infinite full constant field.
Stichtenoth Lemma 1.6.14 over an arbitrary full constant field. This is the
Riemann–Roch-space specialization of mul_finrank.
The core Clifford inequality: with W canonical, whenever both ℓ(D) and ℓ(W − D) are
positive, 2(ℓ(D) − 1) ≤ deg D. The textbook degree bounds
0 ≤ deg D ≤ 2g − 2 are not required — positivity of both dimensions, the linear
product bound, and Riemann–Roch suffice.
C5 (Clifford): if 0 ≤ deg D ≤ 2g − 2 and both ℓ(D) and ℓ(W − D) are
positive, then 2(ℓ(D) − 1) ≤ deg D. This is the conventional textbook statement; the degree
hypotheses are kept for fidelity but are not needed for the inequality (see
clifford_of_ell_pos).
C6 (field-independent form): a divisor attaining the maximal defect is nonspecial.
The stronger assertion that one can choose an effective divisor of degree g requires
additional hypotheses on the constant field and is not valid over every field.