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We classify principal bundles on a compact Riemann surface. A moduli space for semistable principal bundles with a reductive structure group is constructed using Mumford’s geometric invariant theory.
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This is the second and concluding part of the thesis of late Professor A Ramanathan; the first part was published in the previous issue.
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Ramanathan, A. Moduli for principal bundles over algebraic curves: II. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Math. Sci.) 106, 421–449 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02837697
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