In this paper we partially address two issues:
- The first is a rigidity property for pairs (S,C) consisting of a general
projective K3 surface S, and a curve C obtained as the normalization of a
nodal, hyperplane section of S. We prove that a non-trivial deformation of such
a pair (S,C) induces a non-trivial deformation of C;
- The second question concerns the Wahl map of curves C as above. We prove
that the Wahl map of the normalization of a nodal curve contained in a general
projective K3 surface is non-surjective.
In both cases, we impose upper bounds on the number of nodes of the
hyperplane section.