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Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1900, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society is devoted to longer research articles in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.

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Characteristic classes of stable bundles of rank $2$ over an algebraic curve
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by P. E. Newstead
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 169 (1972), 337-345
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1972-0316452-9

Abstract:

Let $X$ be a complete nonsingular algebraic curve over ${\mathbf {C}}$ and $L$ a line bundle of degree 1 over $X$. It is well known that the isomorphism classes of stable bundles of rank 2 and determinant $L$ over $X$ form a nonsingular projective variety $S(X)$. The Betti numbers of $S(X)$ are also known. In this paper we define certain distinguished cohomology classes of $S(X)$ and prove that these classes generate the rational cohomology ring. We also obtain expressions for the Chern character and Pontrjagin classes of $S(X)$ in terms of these generators.
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Bibliographic Information
  • © Copyright 1972 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 169 (1972), 337-345
  • MSC: Primary 14D20; Secondary 14F05
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1972-0316452-9
  • MathSciNet review: 0316452