On an example of Mukai

DOI10.1017/S0017089511000577MaRDI QIDQ2882491zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Herbert Lange, Vincent Mercat, P. E. Newstead

Publication date 6 May 2012

Published in Glasgow Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.4007

zbMATH Keywords

Brill-Noether locusClifford indexsemistable bundlessmooth projective curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special divisors on curves (gonality, Brill-Noether theory) (14H51) Vector bundles on curves and their moduli (14H60)

Abstract: In this note we use an example of Mukai to construct semistable bundles of rank 3 with 6 independent sections on a curve of genus 9 or 11 with Clifford index strictly less than the Clifford index of the curve. The example also allows us to show the non-emptiness of some Brill-Noether loci with negative expected dimension.

Review text

Let \(C\) be a smooth projective curve of genus \(g\geq 4\) over an algebraically closed field of characterictic zero, \(\mathrm{Cliff}(C)\) its classical Clifford index, and \(\mathrm{Cliff}_n(C)\) its \(n\)th Clifford index introduced by {H. Lange} and \textit{P. E. Newstead} [in: Affine flag manifolds and principal bundles. Basel: Birkhäuser, 165--202 (2010; Zbl 1227.14038)]. The main purpose of the paper is to give examples when \(\mathrm{Cliff}_n(C) \neq \mathrm{Cliff}(C)\). For this purpose authors use a bundle of rank 3 on a curve of genus 9 with 6 independent sections constructed by \textit{S. Mukai} [Proc. Japan Acad., Ser. A 68, No. 1, 7--10 (1992; Zbl 0768.14014); Ann. Math. (2) 172, No. 3, 1539--1558 (2010; Zbl 1210.14034)]. Also they show that the construction works for genus 11, and consider possible generalisations and extensions. In the main theorem, general conditions are given under which \(\mathrm{Cliff}_n(C)< \mathrm{Cliff}(C)\) either for \(n=2\) or \(n=3\). The constructed examples prove non-emptiness of corresponding Brill-Noether loci. The paper is concluded with list of open questions and observations on possible answers.

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