Hecke transformation for orthogonal bundles over curves
Christian Pauly, Hacen Zelaci
TL;DR
This work introduces an orthogonal analogue of the classical Hecke transformation for vector bundles by using Lagrangian $\mathbb{K}[\epsilon]$-submodules of the doubled fiber $E_{2x}$. It establishes that the transformed bundle $\mathcal{H}(E,L)$ remains orthogonal, details a stratified parameter space $\mathrm{O}\Sigma(E_{2x})$ for possible Hecke data, and develops orthogonal Hecke curves via $\mathrm{OGr}(2,E_x)$. The authors prove a Tyurin-type duality for orthogonal bundles, analyze the transformation in low-rank cases, and relate second Stiefel-Whitney classes under Hecke operations. Overall, the paper extends Hecke theory to orthogonal moduli and opens avenues for a parallel treatment of symplectic and anti-invariant bundles, with explicit rank-specific descriptions and a duality framework that mirrors the classical vector-bundle case.
Abstract
Given an orthogonal bundle $E$ over a smooth projective curve $X$ we define a Hecke transformation in the moduli space of orthogonal bundles by performing an elementary transformation with respect to a Lagrangian submodule $L \subset E_{2x}$ at some point $x \in X$. We show that the analogue of Tyurin's duality theorem holds for orthogonal bundles. Special cases of orthogonal bundles of ranks $2,3,4$ and $6$ are studied in detail.
