The Relative Canonical Ideal of the Artin-Schreier-Kummer-Witt family of curves

Abstract

We study the canonical model of the Artin-Schreier-Kummer-Witt flat family of curves over a ring of mixed characteristic. We first prove the relative version of a classical theorem by Petri, then use the model proposed by Bertin-M\'ezard to construct an explicit generating set for the relative canonical ideal. As a byproduct, we obtain a combinatorial criterion for a set to generate the canonical ideal, applicable to any curve satisfying the assumptions of Petri's theorem.