Let X be a projective
smooth irreducible polarized variety over the field of complex numbers. Typical
examples of wide extensions are vector bundles E that have a subsheaf F
whose slope is much bigger than the slope of E∕F, and such that F and
E∕F are stable. We study the deformations of such bundles. The case of
unstable rank 2 bundles has been considered by S. A. Strømme on ℙ2, and by
C. Bănică on ℙ3. We build moduli spaces of wide extensions, and if the
dimension of X is greater than 2, it may even happen that we obtain fine moduli
spaces.