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Moduli Spaces and Vector Bundles

Moduli Spaces and Vector Bundles

Moduli Spaces and Vector Bundles

Leticia Brambila-Paz, Centro de Investigacíon en Matematicás (CIMAT), Mexico
Steven B. Bradlow, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Oscar García-Prada, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid
S. Ramanan, Chennai Mathematical Institute, India
May 2009
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    Vector bundles and their associated moduli spaces are of fundamental importance in algebraic geometry. In recent decades this subject has been greatly enhanced by its relationships with other areas of mathematics, including differential geometry, topology and even theoretical physics, specifically gauge theory, quantum field theory and string theory. Peter E. Newstead has been a leading figure in this field almost from its inception and has made many seminal contributions to our understanding of moduli spaces of stable bundles. This volume has been assembled in tribute to Professor Newstead and his contribution to algebraic geometry. Some of the subject's leading experts cover foundational material, while the survey and research papers focus on topics at the forefront of the field. This volume is suitable for both graduate students and more experienced researchers.

    • Written by acknowledged experts in the field
    • Covers both foundational material and the latest research
    • Designed to appeal to both new and more experienced researchers

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    May 2009
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    516 pages
    228 × 152 × 28 mm
    0.73kg
    9 b/w illus.
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    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • Part I. Lecture Notes:
    • 1. Lectures on principal bundles V. Balaji
    • 2. Brill-Noether theory for stable vector bundles Ivona Grzegorczyk and Montserrat Teixidor i Bigas
    • 3. Fourier-Mukai and Nahm transforms U. Bruzzo, D. Hernández Ruipérez and C. Tejero Prieto
    • 4. Geometric invariant theory P. E. Newstead
    • 5. Deformation theory for vector bundles N. Nitsure
    • 6. The theory of vector bundles S. Ramanan
    • Part II. Survey articles:
    • 7. Moduli of sheaves from moduli of Kronecker modules L. Álvarez-Cónsul and A. King
    • 8. Coherent Systems: a brief survey S. B. Bradlow
    • 9. Higgs bundles surface group representations Oscar García-Prada
    • 10. Quotients by non-reductive algebraic group actions Frances Kirwan
    • 11. Dualities on T*SUx(2,Ox) E. Previato
    • 12. Moduli spaces for principal bundles A. H. W. Schmitt
    • Part III. Research Articles:
    • 13. Beilinson type spectral sequences on scrolls M. Aprodu and V. Brînzănescu
    • 14. Coherent systems on a nodal curve Usha N. Bhosle
    • 15. Brill-Noether bundles and coherent systems on special curves L. Brambila-Paz and Angela Ortega
    • 16. Higgs bundles in the vector representation N. Hitchin
    • 17. Moduli spaces of torsion free sheaves on nodal curves C. S. Seshadri.
      Contributors
    • V. Balaji, Ivona Grzegorczyk, Montserrat Teixidor i Bigas, U. Bruzzo, D. Hernández Ruipérez, C. Tejero Prieto, P. E. Newstead, N. Nitsure, S. Ramanan, L. Álvarez-Cónsul, A. King, S. B. Bradlow, Oscar García-Prada, Frances Kirwan, E. Previato, A. H. W. Schmitt, M. Aprodu, V. Brînzănescu, Usha N. Bhosle, L. Brambila-Paz, Angela Ortega, N. Hitchin, C.S. Seshadri