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We prove that the moduli space of plane curves of degree d is rational for all sufficiently large d.
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Both authors were supported by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)) through the Institutional Strategy of the University of Göttingen.
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Böhning, C., Graf von Bothmer, HC. Rationality of the moduli spaces of plane curves of sufficiently large degree. Invent. math. 179, 159–173 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00222-009-0214-6
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