Infinitesimal Invariant and vector bundles

Abstract

AbstractWe study the Saito-Ikeda infinitesimal invariant of the cycle defined by curves in their Jacobians using rank k + 1 vector bundles. We give a criterion for which the higher cycle class map is not trivial. When k = 2, this turns out to be strictly linked to the Petri map for vector bundles. In this case we can improve a result of Ikeda: an explicit construction on a curve of genus g ≥ 10 shows the existence of a non trivial element in the higher Griffiths group.