On the rationality of SU(r,d)

Abstract: Let SU(r,d) be the moduli space of rank r, degree d vector bundles over a smooth projective curve of genus

g g e 2

. If (r,d)=1 and d divides r+1, then SU is rational. Furthermore, if

0 < d e l t a < r

and all prime divisors of

d e l t a

divide r, and if d divides

r - d e l t a

, then SU is rational. The proof is a variation on a result of Newstead and modifications due to Ballico and then Boden and Yokogawa.

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