The representation type of Segre varieties (Q436137)

If \((X,L)\) is a polarized projective variety, a vector bundle \(E\) on \(X\) is called an Arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay (ACM for short) bundle if \(H^i(E\otimes L^j)=0\) for all \(j\) and \(0<i<\dim X\). A celebrated theorem of \textit{G. Horrocks} [Proc. Lond. Math. Soc., III. Ser. 14, 714--718 (1964; Zbl 0132.28103); ibid. 14, 689--713 (1964; Zbl 0126.16801)] asserts that any ACM bundle on \((\mathbb{P}^n,\mathcal{O}(1))\) is a direct sum of line bundles. So, the existence of indecomposable ACM bundles can be a measure of the complexity of a given variety. Varieties with finitely many indecomposable ACM bundles (up to twists by the polarization) is called a variety of finite representation type (see \textit{Y. A. Drozd} and \textit{G.-M. Greuel}, J. Algebra 246, No. 1, 1--54 (2001; Zbl 1065.14041)]). Among ACM bundles, there are a special class called the Ulrich bundles, which loosely speaking, have the maximum number of generators allowed. The authors show that on Segre varieties, except \(\mathbb{P}^1\times\mathbb{P}^1\), there are large families of Ulrich bundles. While it is easy to construct varieties with infinitely many ACM bundles (and the others are classified by \textit{R.-O. Buchweitz, G.-M. Greuel} and \textit{F.-O. Schreyer} [Invent. Math. 88, 165--182 (1987; Zbl 0617.14034)]), this may be the first instance where varieties of arbitrary dimension with families of Ulrich bundles is constructed.