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Monodromy group for a strongly semistable principal bundle over a curve, II

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Let XX be a geometrically irreducible smooth projective curve defined over a field kk. Assume that XX has a kk-rational point; fix a kk-rational point xXx\in X. From these data we construct an affine group scheme GX{\mathcal G}_X defined over the field kk as well as a principal GX{\mathcal G}_X-bundle EGXE_{{\mathcal G}_X} over the curve XX. The group scheme GX{\mathcal G}_X is given by a Q{\mathbb Q}--graded neutral Tannakian category built out of all strongly semistable vector bundles over XX. The principal bundle EGXE_{{\mathcal G}_X} is tautological. Let GG be a linear algebraic group, defined over kk, that does not admit any nontrivial character which is trivial on the connected component, containing the identity element, of the reduced center of GG. Let EGE_G be a strongly semistable principal GG-bundle over XX. We associate to EGE_G a group scheme MM defined over kk, which we call the monodromy group scheme of EGE_G, and a principal MM-bundle EME_M over XX, which we call the monodromy bundle of EGE_G. The group scheme MM is canonically a quotient of GX{\mathcal G}_X, and EME_M is the extension of structure group of EGXE_{{\mathcal G}_X}. The group scheme MM is also canonically embedded in the fiber Ad(EG)x{\rm Ad}(E_G)_{x} over xx of the adjoint bundle.

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@article{arxiv.math/0601768,
  title  = {Monodromy group for a strongly semistable principal bundle over a curve, II},
  author = {Indranil Biswas and A. J. Parameswaran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0601768},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

This final version includes strengthening of the result by referee's comments. K-Theory (to appear)

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