On very ample vector bundles on curves

Matei Toma , Paltin Ionescu

The paper is published: Int. J. of Math., 8 (1997), 633-643

MSC 2000

14H60 Vector bundles on curves and their moduli
14J40 $n$-folds ($n>4$)

Abstract
We study very ample vector bundles on curves. We first give numerical conditions for the existence of non-special such bundles. Then we prove the inequality h^0(det E) > h^0(E)+ rank(E)-3 over curves of genus at least two. We apply this to prove some special cases of a conjecture on scrolls of small codimension.

Keywords: ample vector bundle, algebraic curve, scroll