The minimal resolution property for points on general curves

Abstract

We present an essentially complete solution to the Minimal Resolution Conjecture for general curves, determining the shape of the minimal resolution of general sets of points on a general curve C of degree d>2r-1 in P^r. Our methods also provide a proof (valid in arbitrary characteristic) of the strong version of Butler's Conjecture on the stability of syzygy bundles on a general curve of every genus at least 3, as well as of the Frobenius semistability in positive characteristic of the syzygy bundle of a general curve in the range d>2r-1.

25 pages. Final version, to appear in Annales Sci. Ecole Normale Superieure