Principal bundles whose restrictions to a curve are isomorphic (Q353987)

Given an algebraic variety \(X\) it has long been known (and is widely used, e.g. in birational geometry), that one can learn about the geometry of \(X\) by studying curves \(C \subseteq X\). In the article under review, an instance of this principle is studied generalizing earlier work of \textit{T. Graber} et al., [Ann. Sci. Cole Norm. Sup. (4) 38, No. 5, 671--692 (2005; Zbl 1092.14062)] and \textit{I. Biswas} and \textit{Y. Holla} [Math. Z. 251(3), 607--614 (2005; Zbl 1106.14028)]. \newline By first considering the special case of vector bundles (which can be dealt with using the lemma of Enriques-Severi-Zariski) and reducing the general case to this, the author proves the following result: Let \(K\) be an algebraically closed field and let \(X\) be a normal projective variety over \(K\). Let \(G\) be an affine algebraic \(K\)-group and let \(E_G\) and \(F_G\) be two principal \(G\)-bundles over \(X\). Then there exists an integer \(n>>0\) such that for a general curve \(C \in |\mathcal{O}_X(n)|\) the restrictions of \(E_G\) and \(F_G\) to \(C\) are isomorphic if and only if \(E_G\) and \(F_G\) are isomorphic.