Existence of coherent systems of rank two and dimension four (Q2382025)

A coherent system on a curve \(C\) is a pair \((E,V)\) where \(E\) is a vector bundle on \(C\) and \(V \subset H^0(C,E)\) is a subspace of sections of \(E\). Let \(G^k_{r,d}(\alpha)\) be the moduli space of \(\alpha\)- stable coherent systems of rank \(r\), degree \(d\) and dimension \(k\) and let \(\rho\) be the expected dimension of \(G^k_{r,d}(\alpha)\). The main theorem of the paper under review is the following. Let \(C\) be a curve of genus bigger than one. For any positive real value of \(\alpha\), the moduli space of coherent systems of rank two and dimension four on \(C\) is non-empty for \(\rho\geq 1\) and \(d\) odd or for \(\rho\geq 5\) and \(d\) even. In all these cases there is one component of the moduli space of coherent systems of the expected dimensions. The most remarkable aspect of this case is that it seems to be the first example that is not treatable with commonly used methods. Unluckily the references in the text are not compiled.