The moduli component of the space of semistable rank-2 sheaves on ℙ3 with singularities of mixed dimension

Abstract

A new irreducible component of the Gieseker–Maruyama moduli scheme M(3) of semistable coherent sheaves of rank 2 with Chern classes c₁ = 0, c₂ = 3, and c₃ = 0 on P³ such that its general point corresponds to a sheaf whose singular locus contains components of dimensions 0 and 1 is described. These sheaves are obtained by elementary transformations of stable reflexive sheaves of rank 2 with Chern classes c₁ = 0, c₂ = 2, and c₃ = 2 along the projective line. The constructed family of sheaves is the first example of an irreducible component of a Gieseker–Maruyama scheme whose general point corresponds to a sheaf with singularities of mixed dimension.