Effective divisors of higher rank on a curve and the Siegel formula
Equivariant vector bundles over affine subsets of the projective line
Exceptional linear systems on curves on Del Pezzo surfaces.
Existence of coherent systems of rank two and dimension four.
We show that the moduli space of coherent systems of rank two and dimension four on a generic curve of genus at least two is non-empty for any value of the parameter when the Brill-Noether number is at least one and the degree is odd or when the Brill-Noether number is at least ve and the degree is even. In all these cases there is one component of the moduli space of coherent systems of the expected dimension. The case of rank two and dimension four is particularly relevant as it is the rst case...