Generation of vector bundles computing Clifford indices

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Abstract: Clifford indices for semistable vector bundles on a smooth projective curve of genus at least 4 were defined in a previous paper of the authors. The present paper studies bundles which compute these Clifford indices. We show that under certain conditions on the curve all such bundles and their Serre duals are generated.


Clifford indices \(\gamma_{n}\) and \(\gamma_{n}^{'}\) for semistable vector bundles of rank \(n\) on a smooth projective curve of genus \(g\geq4\) were defined in a previous paper [in: Affine Flag Manifolds and Principal Bundles. Trends in Mathematics. Basel: Birkhäuser. (2010; Zbl 1193.14003)]. One says that a bundle \(E\) \textit{contributes} to \(\gamma_{n}\) if it is semistable of rank \(n\) with \(\mu(E)\leq g-1\) and \(h^{0}(E)\geq n+1\) and that \(E\) \textit{computes} \(\gamma_{n}\) if in addition \(\gamma(E)=\gamma_{n}\). Similar definitions are given for \(\gamma_{n}^{'}\). A bundle \(E\) for which \(E\) and \(E^{*}\otimes K\) are both generated (spanned) is called \textit{primitive}. In this paper, the authors prove: Theorem 2.4. Suppose \(\gamma_{r}^{'}\geq\gamma_{n}^{'}\) for all \(r\leq n\). If \(E\) is a semistable bundle computing \(\gamma_{n}^{'}\), then \(E\) is primitive. Theorem 2.5. Suppose \(\gamma_{r}\geq\gamma_{n}\) for all \(r\leq n\). If \(E\) is a semistable bundle computing \(\gamma_{n}\), then \(E\) is primitive. Finally, they prove that any semistable bundle of rank 3 computing \(\gamma_{3}^{'}\) or \(\gamma_{3}\) is generically generated.











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