RT Journal Article T1 Coherent systems and Brill-Noether theory. A1 Bradlow, S.B. A1 García Prada, O. A1 Muñoz, Vicente A1 Newstead, P. E. AB Let X be a curve of genus g. A coherent system on X consists of a pair (E; V ), where E is an algebraic vector bundle over X of rank n and degree d and V is a subspace ofdimension k of the space of sections of E. The stability of the coherent system depends on a parameter a. We study the variation of the moduli space of coherent systems whenwe move the parameter. As an application, we analyze the cases k = 1; 2; 3 and n = 2 explicitly. For small values of , the moduli spaces of coherent systems are related to theBrill-Noether loci, the subschemes of the moduli spaces of stable bundles consisting of those bundles with at least a prescribed number of independent sections. The study ofcoherent systems is applied to nd the dimension, prove the irreducibility, and in some cases calculate the Picard groups of the Brill{Noether loci with k < 3. PB World Scientific SN 0129-167X YR 2003 FD 2003 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50629 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50629 LA eng NO EAGER NO EDGE NO Acciones Integradas Programme NO National Science Foundation DS Docta Complutense RD 16 may 2024