Mathematics – Algebraic Geometry
Scientific paper
1997-09-08
Mathematics
Algebraic Geometry
AMS-TeX, 27 pages - address: esteves@impa.br
Scientific paper
In a 1993 article, G. Faltings gave a new construction of the moduli space $U$ of semistable vector bundles on a smooth curve $X$, avoiding geometric invariant theory. Roughly speaking, Faltings showed that the normalisation $B$ of the ring $A$ of theta functions (associated with vector bundles on $X$) suffices to realize $U$ as a projective variety. Describing Faltings' work, C.S. Seshadri asked how close $A$ is to $B$. In this article, we address this question from a geometric point of view. We consider the rational map, $\pi : U @>>> Proj(A)$, and show that, not only is $\pi$ defined everywhere, but also $\pi$ is bijective, and is an isomorphism over the stable locus of $U$, if the characteristic of the ground field is 0. Moreover, we give a direct local construction of $U$ as a fine moduli space, when the rank and degree are coprime, in any characteristic. The methods in the article apply to singular curves as well.
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