Infinitesimal deformations of some Quot schemes

Abstract: Let

E

be a vector bundle on a smooth complex projective curve

C

of genus at least two. Let

m a t h c a l Q (E, d)

be the Quot scheme parameterizing the torsion quotients of

E

of degree

d

. We compute the cohomologies of the tangent bundle

T_{m a t h c a l Q (E, d)}

. In particular, the space of infinitesimal deformations of

m a t h c a l Q (E, d)

is computed. Kempf and Fantechi computed the space of infinitesimal deformations of

m a t h c a l Q (m a t h c a l O_{C}, d), =, C^{(d)}

. We also explicitly describe the infinitesimal deformations of

m a t h c a l Q (E, d)

.

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