Limit linear series for vector bundles (Q2341664)

From the introduction: ``Most results on Brill-Noether Theory for line bundles have been proved by degeneration arguments using singular curves. Among the techniques used, perhaps the simplest and most efficient is the one on limit series for reducible curves introduced by \textit{D. Eisenbud} and \textit{J. Harris} [Invent. Math. 85, 337--371 (1986; Zbl 0598.14003)].'' A similar theory for vector bundles was introduced by the author of the paper under review and used in several other papers (cf. the references in the paper). ``The purpose of this note is to present the constructions that were implicit in those papers and justify that the expected dimensions behave as in the case of a non-singular curve. Moreover, we study the behavior of limit linear series under elementary transformations, a situation that does not arise for rank 1.''