Butler's conjecture for generated coherent systems

Let (E,V)(E,V) be a generated coherent system of type (n,d,v)(n,d,v) on a general curve XX of genus g3g\ge3, where n,d,vn,d,v are positive integers and v>nv>n. Write DE,VD_{E,V} for its dual span bundle, and let S0(n,d,v)S_0(n,d,v) denote the space of generated α\alpha-stable coherent systems of type (n,d,v)(n,d,v) for small α>0\alpha>0. Butler's conjecture. For a general (E,V)S0(n,d,v)(E,V)\in S_0(n,d,v), (DE,V,V)S0(vn,d,v)(D_{E,V},V^*)\in S_0(v-n,d,v). Moreover, S0(n,d,v)S_0(n,d,v) and S0(vn,d,v)S_0(v-n,d,v) are birational. This conjecture concerns the stability of dual span bundles and predicts a birational correspondence between the relevant moduli spaces; the source gives no resolution of the general statement.

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Primary source

L. Brambila-Paz and P. E. Newstead, “New examples of twisted Brill-Noether loci II”, arXiv:2601.11855 (2026).

Additional references

13 papers in this index state this conjecture (2010–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2509.11244, arXiv:2509.06149, arXiv:2501.11356, arXiv:2409.12794, arXiv:2312.09309, arXiv:2108.08169, arXiv:2106.06434, arXiv:2012.13130, arXiv:1907.09195, arXiv:1711.04815, arXiv:1304.4495, arXiv:1010.3278.

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