Le sujet de cet article est le groupe de Picard de la variété de modules $M(r,c_1,c_2)$ des faisceaux algébriques semi-stables de rang $r$ et de classes de Chern $c_1,c_2$ sur ${\mathbf{P}}_2\left(\mathbf{C}\right)$. Le premier résultat est que $M(r,c_1,c_2)$ est localement factorielle, ce qui permet d’identifier Pic$\left(M\right(r,c_1,c_2\left)\right)$ et le groupe des classes d’équivalence linéaire des diviseurs de Weil de $M(r,c_1,c_2))$. Il existe une unique application $\delta :\mathbf{Q}\to \mathbf{Q}$ telle que dim$\left(M\right(r,c_1,c_2\left)\right)\>0$ si et seulement si $(c_2-(r-1)c_1^2/2r)/r\>\delta (c_1/r)$. Si on a égalité, Pic$\left(M\right(r,c_1,c_2\left)\right)$ est isomorphe à $\mathbf{Z}$, et si l’inégalité est stricte, Pic$\left(M\right(r,c_1,c_2\left)\right)$ est isomorphe à ${\mathbf{Z}}^2$. On donne ensuite...

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