{
  "id": "0902.3690",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2009-02-21T01:03:11.000Z",
  "updated": "2009-12-01T22:13:03.000Z",
  "title": "Towards a classification of modular compactifications of the moduli space of curves",
  "authors": [
    "David Ishii Smyth"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "math.AG"
  ],
  "abstract": "The space of smooth curves admits a beautiful compactification by the moduli space of Deligne-Mumford stable curves. In this paper, we undertake a systematic investigation of alternate modular compactifications of the space of smooth curves.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2009-12-01T22:13:03.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "14H10"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "moduli space",
      "classification",
      "smooth curves admits",
      "alternate modular compactifications",
      "deligne-mumford stable curves"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2009arXiv0902.3690I"
    }
  }
}