UNIFORMIZERS FOR ELLIPTIC SHEAVES (Q4521177)

Let \(X\) be a smooth, proper and geometrically irreducible curve over a finite field \(\mathbb F_q\), \(\infty\) a rational point of \(X\) and \(A=H^0 (X-\infty,{\mathcal O}_X)\). This paper is developed to study the moduli spaces of \(k\)-elliptic sheaves, \(A\)-motives and \(t\)-modules over \(A\) with formal \(D\)-level structures along a divisor \(D\) on \(\text{Spec} A\subset X\). The author's main idea is to apply the algebraic theory of Sato's infinite Grassmannian [developed by the author, \textit{J. M. Muñoz Porras} and \textit{F. J. Plaza Marín}, Workshop on abelian varieties and theta functions, Morelia 1996, Proc., Aportaciones Mat., Investig. 13, 3--40 (1998; Zbl 0995.14021)] to study these moduli spaces. The author constructs a Krichever morphism for elliptic sheaves with \(x\)-formal level structure (\(x\) being a rational point) and proves that the functor of moduli of elliptic sheaves with \(x\)-formal level structure is representable by a locally closed subscheme of the infinite Grassmannian \(\text{Gr} (\mathbb F_q ((t))^n\), \(\mathbb F_q [[t]]^n\)). This result allows the author to apply the methods of soliton theory to study the moduli of elliptic sheaves: He defines the elliptic Baker functions, which are the counterpart of the classical Baker-Akhiezer functions of the KdV-hierarchy; these elliptic Baker functions characterize, up to isomorphisms, the elliptic sheaves. Finally, the author applies these results to study the determinant of elliptic sheaves and gives some explicit computations in the cases \(g=0\) and \(g=1\) (\(g=\) genus of \(X\)).