Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 January 2016
Let X be a projective non-singular variety and H an ample line bundle on X. The moduli space of H-stable vector bundles exists by Maruyama [4]. If X is a curve defined over C, the structure of the moduli space (or its compactification) M(X, d, r) of stable vector bundles of degree d and rank r on X is studied in detail. It is known that the variety M(X, d, r) is irreducible. Let L be a line bundle of degree d and let M(X, L, r) denote the closed subvariety of M(X, d, r) consisting of all the stable bundles E with det E = L.