Bundles of rank 3 on curves of Clifford index 3

DOI10.1016/J.JSC.2013.05.002MaRDI QIDQ2437230zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Herbert Lange, P. E. Newstead

Publication date 3 March 2014

Published in Journal of Symbolic Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.6710

zbMATH Keywords

Brill-Nother theory for vector bundleClifford indexgonalitysemistable vector bundles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vector bundles on curves and their moduli (14H60)

Abstract: Two definitions of the Clifford index for vector bundles on a smooth projective curve $C$ of genus $gge4$ were introduced in a previous paper by the authors. In another paper the authors obtained results on one of these indices for bundles of rank 3. In this paper we extend these results in the case where $C$ has classical Clifford index 3. In particular we prove Mercat's conjecture for bundles of rank 3 for $gleq8$ and $ggeq13$ when $C$ has classical Clifford index 3. We obtain complete results in the case of genus 7.

Review text

Let \(C\) be a smooth complex curve of genus \(g\geq 4\). The Clifford index \(\mathrm{Cliff}(C)\) is the minimal integer \(\deg (L) -2h^0(L)+2\) with \(L\) a line bundle on \(C\) with \(h^0(L) \geq 2\). For each \(n>1\) the \(n\)-Clifford index \(\mathrm{Cliff} _n(C)\) of \(C\) is the minimal integer \((\deg (E) -2(h^0(E)-n))/n\), where \(E\) is a semistable, \(rk (E)=n\), \(h^0(E)\geq 2n\) and \(\deg (E)/n \leq g-1\) [\textit{H. Lange} and \textit{P. E. Newstead}, in: Affine flag manifolds and principal bundles. Basel: Birkhäuser. 165--202 (2010; Zbl 1227.14038)]. \textit{V. Mercat} [Int. J. Math. 13, 785--796 (2002; Zbl 1068.14039)] conjectured that \(\mathrm{Cliff(C)} \leq \mathrm{Cliff} _n(C)\), but counterexamples where constructed \textit{G. Farkas} and \textit{A. Ortega} [Pure Appl. Math. Q. 7, No. 4, 1265--1295 (2011; Zbl 1316.14059); Int. J. Math. 23, No. 7, Article ID 1250075, 18 p. (2012; Zbl 1256.14032)], and by the authors in several papers (also later than the one under review, even if \(n=3\) and \(\mathrm{Cliff} (C) >3\)). This paper is a continuation of [\textit{H. Lange} and \textit{P. E. Newstead}, Kyoto J. Math. 53, No. 1, 25--54 (2013; Zbl 1307.14052)]. They prove that if \(\mathrm{Cliff} (C)=3\), then \(\mathrm{Cliff} _3(C) \geq 3\) if either \(g\leq 8\) or \(g\geq 13\). They ask several questions on the existence of \(E\) semistable with \((\deg (E) -2(h^0(E)-3))/3 =3\).

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