New examples of theta divisors for some syzygy bundles (Q2024103)

In the article under review, the authors' main results pertain to the existence of reducible theta divisors for syzygy bundles on general curves. A one example, they prove that if a degree \(d\) line bundle \(L\), on a general genus \(g \geq 2\) curve \(C\), has the two properties that: (i) \(h^0(L) = r + 1\); and (ii) its syzygy bundle \(M_L\) is strictly semistable, then its syzygy bundle \(M_L\) admits a reducible theta divisor. Second, the authors study the concept of cohomological semistability for syzygy bundles as defined in [\textit{L. Ein} and \textit{R. Lazarsfeld}, Lond. Math. Soc. Lect. Note Ser. 179, 149--156 (1992; Zbl 0768.14012)]. In the present article, the authors' second result is that if \(L\) is a degree \(d\) line bundle with \(h^0(L) = r+1,\) on a general genus \(g \geq 2\) curve \(C\), which has the two properties that: (i) the complete linear series \(|L|\) induces a birational morphism from \(C\) onto its image; and (ii) its syzygy bundle \(M_L\) is strictly cohomologically semistable, then \(M_L\) admits a reducible theta divisor.