On the rationality of the moduli space of instanton bundles on the projective 3-space

arXiv1805.06414MaRDI QIDQ6301658FDOQ6301658

Publication date: 16 May 2018

Abstract: We prove the rationality and irreducibility of the moduli space of---what we call---the endomorphism-general instanton vector bundles of arbitrary rank on the projective space. In particular, we deduce the rationality of the moduli spaces of rank-two mathematical instantons. This problem was first studied by Hartshorne, Hirschowitz-Narasimhan in the late 1970s, and it has been reiterated within the framework of the ICM 2018.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vector bundles on surfaces and higher-dimensional varieties, and their moduli (14J60) Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles (14D20) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Rational and unirational varieties (14M20)

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