Let
be a two-dimensional standard-graded normal domain over an algebraically closed field
. Let
be the corresponding smooth projective curve and let
-

be an
-primary homogeneous ideal with generators of degrees
. Then we get on
the short exact sequence
-
Here
is a vector bundle, called the syzygy bundle, of rank
and of degree
-
An element
-

defines a cohomology class
-

With this notation we have
-
(homogeneous of some degree
)
such that
for all
. This cohomology class lives in
-

For the plus closure we have a similar correspondence:
if and only if there exists a curve
such that the pull-back
of the cohomology class vanishes.