The maximal rank conjecture and rank two Brill-Noether theory

DOI10.4310/PAMQ.2011.V7.N4.A9zbMATH Open1316.14059arXiv1010.4060WikidataQ123163288 ScholiaQ123163288MaRDI QIDQ1758587FDOQ1758587

Angela Ortega, Gavril Farkas

Publication date: 15 November 2012

Published in: Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We describe applications of Koszul cohomology to the Brill-Noether theory of rank 2 vector bundles. Among other things, we show that in every genus g>10, there exist curves invalidating Mercat's Conjecture for rank 2 bundles. On the other hand, we prove that Mercat's Conjecture holds for general curves of bounded genus, and its failure locus is a Koszul divisor in the moduli space of curves. We also formulate a conjecture concerning the minimality of Betti diagrams of suitably general curves, and point out its consequences to rank 2 Brill-Noether theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.4060

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vector bundles on curves and their moduli (14H60) Special divisors on curves (gonality, Brill-Noether theory) (14H51)

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• The Brill-Noether curve and Prym-Tyurin varieties
• The Strong Maximal Rank conjecture and higher rank Brill–Noether theory
• On coherent systems with fixed determinant
• On bundles of rank 3 computing Clifford indices
• Scroll codes over curves of higher genus: reducible and superstable vector bundles
• Counterexamples to Mercat's conjecture
• STABLE BUNDLES OF RANK 2 WITH FOUR SECTIONS
• The strong maximal rank conjecture and moduli spaces of curves
• SPECIAL DETERMINANTS IN HIGHER-RANK BRILL–NOETHER THEORY
• Higher rank Brill—Noether theory and coherent systems open questions
• Linked symplectic forms and limit linear series in rank 2 with special determinant
• Bundles of rank 3 on curves of Clifford index 3
• Limit linear series and ranks of multiplication maps
• On an example of Mukai
• Higher rank Brill--Noether theory on sections of \(K3\) surfaces

Uses Software

• KoszulDivisorOnPic14M8

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