Preprint No. A-04-01

Georg Hein

Two constructions of the moduli space of vector bundles on an algebraic curve

Abstract: We present two constructions to obtain the coarse moduli space of semistable vector bundles on an algebraic curve $X$. To do so, we survey semistability, Geometric invariant theory, illustrate this theory for the moduli space of elliptic curves, and show the importance of the global sections of the generalized $\Theta$-line bundle associated to semistable vector bundles.

Keywords: moduli space of vector bundles, generalized Theta divisor, algebraic curve

Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC2000): 14H60, 14L24

Language: ENG

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Contact: Georg Hein, Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik, Arnimallee 2-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany (ghein@math.fu-berlin.de)

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