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When can we cancel vector bundles from tensor products?

Let $E,F,G$ be algebraic vector bundles over $\mathbb P_{\mathbb C}^n$. My general question is:

Assume $E\otimes G \cong F\otimes G$, under what conditions can one conclude that $E\cong F$?

Some easy answers (if I am not mistaken): one can when $n=1$ or when $G$ is a line bundle. At this point I am mostly interested in the case when $E$ is a direct sum of line bundles, but any comments/reference/solutions/analogues about other cases would be appreciated.

Hailong Dao
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