On the normal bundle to abelian surfaces embedded in \({\mathbb{P}}^ 4({\mathbb{C}})\) (Q1076095)

Explicit calculations for the cohomology of the normal bundle \(N_ X\) of an abelian surface X in \({\mathbb{P}}_ 4\) are carried out in details. It is shown that \(N_ X\) is simple. As a consequence, it follows that the irreducible component of the moduli space M(-1,4) of stable bundles of rank 2 with \(c_ 1=-1\), \(c_ 2=4\), is smooth along the orbit of E, the Horrocks-Mumford bundle, by \(SL_ 5({\mathbb{C}})\). This recovers a previous result established by \textit{W. Decker} [Math. Z. 188, 101-110 (1984; Zbl 0535.14011)].