Questions tagged [schubert-varieties]
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Defining ideal of a Schubert variety as a kernel
Consider the Plücker embedding of the variety of complete flags in $\mathbb C^n$: $$F_n\subset\mathbb P(\bigwedge\nolimits^1\mathbb C^n)\times\dots\times\mathbb P(\bigwedge\nolimits^{n-1}\mathbb C^n).$...
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Structure theory of Schubert varieties (extend results from semisimple groups to reductive)
The lecture notes Borel–Weil–Bott theorem and geometry of Schubert varieties by Shrawan Kumar present a concise summary of major results on cohomology of flag varieties $G/B$ for $G$ semisimple, ...
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Multiplicity of a singular point in a Schubert-like variety
Let us fix the base field to be the field of complex numbers (Maybe it's not quite important).
Recall the following definition. Let $X$ be a quasi-projective variety, singular at a point $x$. Let $C_{...
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Intersection of schubert varieties
Let $L_1$ and $L_2$ $\in$ $\mathbb{P}^4$ be two planes that intersect in exactly one point $Q$. Let $P_1 \in L_1$, $P_2 \in L_2$ points, such that $P_1 \neq Q \neq P_2$. Using the duality theorem, ...
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Richardson variety over arbitrary field
Let $G$ be a split semisimple algebraic group. Let $B$ and $T$ be borel subgroup ,maximal torus respectively. In this case the Weyl group $W(B,T)$ is a constant finite group scheme. Let $P$ be a ...
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May Schubert cell intersection with opposite big cell polynomial count?
Let $SL(n)$ be algebraic group defined over finite field $\mathbb{F}_{p^n}$, $B$ be Borel subgroup consist of upper triangular matrices and $T$ be maximal torus consist of diagonal matrices. Let $W$ ...
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Bruhat decomposition and standard Frobenius
Let $G$ be a linear algebraic group define over $\overline{\mathbb{F}_p}$, consider it as a subgroup of $\operatorname{GL}(n)$. Let $F_p$ be the standard Frobenius. Let $B$ and $Q$ be an $F_p$-stable ...
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Intersection cycle in a product of Grassmannians
Let $G(k,n)$ denote the Grassmiannian of $k$-planes in $\mathbb C^n$. Let's define
$$ I_j =\{ (\Lambda_1,\Lambda_2 ) \in G(k,n) \times G(l,n) \, | \, \dim(\Lambda_1 \cap \Lambda_2) \geq j \}. $$
These ...
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Trivial morphism between local cohomology groups
I have two questions concerning morphism between local cohomology groups which I think are related.
Let $G$ be a reductive group with Weyl group $W$ and $B \subset G$ a Borel. Let $X=G/B$ be the flag ...
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Spaces intersecting a plane non-trivially in $G(3,6)$
I want to understand the Schubert variety $\Sigma\subseteq G(3,6)$ representing 3-dim subspaces intersecting a given 2-dim subspace non-trivially. Is it smooth? How to describe $det(T_{\Sigma})$?
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Properties of a general element of the intersection of two Schubert cycles
We have the following lemma:
Lemma
Let $\Sigma_a(\mathcal{V}),\Sigma_b(\mathcal{W})$ be two Schubert cycles defined relative to transverse flags $\mathcal{V}$ and $\mathcal{W}$. If $\Lambda \in \...
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Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials and the defect of a Bruhat interval
Let $(W,S)$ be a Coxeter system with length function $\ell$ and $T=\bigcup_{w\in W}wSw^{-1}$.
Set
$N(u,v):=\{t\in T: u< tu \le v\}$,
$\overline{\ell}(u,v):=|N(u,v)|$,
$\ell(u,v):=\ell(v)-\...
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On a criterion for rational-smoothness of Schubert varieties and an ambiguity of the taking the ambient Algebraic group to be simply connected or not
In the paper: Pattern Avoidance and Rational Smoothness of
Schubert Varieties, Sara C. Billey, Advances in Mathematics 139, 141-156(1998), https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
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In Type $A$, if the Bruhat graph of an element $w$ in the Weyl group is regular, then to show that $l(w)=$ # $ \{\alpha \in R^+| s_{\alpha} \le w\}$
I am trying to prove that for type $A$ , rational smoothness of Schubert varieties implies smoothness.
So suppose we are in Type $A_{n-1}$, so let $G=Sl(n,\mathbb C)$, $B=$ the group of upper ...
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On some notations and notions of a paper on smoothness of Schubert varieties by Lakshmibai and Sandhya
I am reading the paper Criterion for smoothness of Schubert varieties in $\mathrm{Sl}(n)/B$ by V Lakshmibai and B Sandhya; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Math. Sci.), Vol. 100, No. 1, April 1990, pp. 45-52. ...
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Coefficients of the monomials appearing in a Schubert polynomial
It is known that the coefficients of the monomials appearing in a Schubert polynomial are always positive. My question is: Is it always true that at least one such coefficient must be $1$? If that is ...
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Can Schubert cells be defined, set theoretically, by less equations then the standard ones?
Let $V = \mathbb{C}^n$ with basis $e_1,\dots,e_n$, and $U = \langle e_1,\dots,e_k\rangle$. Let
$$\Sigma(U)=\{\sigma\in Gr(V,2)\mid \sigma\in U \}$$
be the Schubert cell of $2$-planes contained in $U$....
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Non-generic intersections of Schubert varieties?
Let $G$ be a linear algebraic group, $B$ a Borel subgroup, $P$ a parabolic subgroup containing $B$, and $W$ the Weyl group. For $w \in W$, the Schubert variety $X_w^P$ is the closure of the Schubert ...
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Schubert varieties and Young diagrams
In his book Young Tableaux, Fulton asserts, in Exercise 9.4.18 on p. 152, that the Schubert variety $\Omega_{\lambda}$ is defined by the conditions $\text{dim}(V \cap F_{n+i- \lambda_{i}}) \geq i$ for ...
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expressing in terms of sum of (double) schubert polynomial
It is well known that Schubert polynomials form a basis for the polynomial ring $\mathbb{Z}[x_1,x_2,x_3,...]$.
I am interested in knowing how to express a particular polynomial into sum of Schubert ...
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Parametrization of Schubert varieties in isotropic Grassmannians by partitions
Let $X=\mathbb{G}_Q(l,p)$ be the isotropic Grassmannian, where $l\leq p-2$. Let $q=p-l$. Let $W^P$ be the set of minimal length representatives. Let $\tilde{\mathcal{Q}}(l,p)$ be the set of partition ...
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Is the upper boundary of a Schubert variety Cartier?
On $G/B$, the divisor $\bigcup_\alpha X_{r_\alpha}$ is Cartier (where $X_w := \overline{B_- w B}/B$, and $\alpha$ varies over simple roots), not least because $G/B$ is smooth.
Is the same true for ...
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Looking for a canonical (matroid polytope) subdivision of the hypersimplex
A matroid polytope is the convex hull of the indicator vectors of the bases of a matroid, and a matroid polytope subdivision (MPS) is a polyhedral subdivision of a matroid polytope whose cells are ...
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Are Schubert varieties for Kac-Moody groups cut out by linear equations?
Let $G$ be a reductive group, and let $X$ be a partial flag variety for $G$. Then it is known that for any projective embedding of $X$, that the equations scheme-theoretically cutting out a Schubert ...
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Bruhat order and Schubert cycles
I am looking for a good (textbook) reference for the basic fact (due to Chevalley) that for every semisimple Lie group $G$ (without compact factors) with Weyl group $W$, the Bruhat order on $W$ ...
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How to make Schubert calculus into a Hopf (actually a PCH) algbera?
The parallels between the formulas in Schubert calculus and in the theory of the representations of symmetric groups (par Geissinger-Zelevinsky) are so apparent (e.g. Giambelli formula), that one must ...
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A cohomology computation request.
The short: Let
$X= \{(x,y,z) \in \mathbb{C}^* \times \mathbb{C} \times \mathbb{C} \, |\, yz-x\neq 0\}$
Compute $H^*_c(X)$ (say with $\mathbb{C}$-coefficients).
The long: Unless I messed something ...
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"Degree" of a Fano Scheme of a projective variety
Consider subschemes $F$ of the Grassmannian $\mathbb{G}(k,n)$ satisfying the condition that each point of $\mathbb{P}^n$ is contained in only finitely many of the $k$-planes in $F$. Does this give us ...
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Schubert varieties which admit small resolutions of singularities
I am looking for an (incomplete) list of partial flag varieties for
which all Schubert cells admit small resolutions of singularities.
This is interesting, for many reasons. My motivation is, that a ...
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Minimal relative Schubert modules
I am trying to better understand the definition of certain objects called minimal relative Schubert modules. My primary reference is Chapters 1 and 2 of Wilberd van der Kallen's Lectures on Frobenius ...
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Schubert varieties of flag variety , perverse sheaves
The set of Schubert varieties in a flag variety is in one-to-one correspondence with elements of the Weyl group via left cells. There is also some relation between products of Schubert varieties and ...
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Do Richardson varieties have rational singularities in arbitrary characteristic?
The title basically asks the question. I'll review the relevant terminology and explain what I have and haven't found in the literature.
Let $G$ be a reductive group. Let $v \leq w$ be elements of ...
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Can we see the geometric realization of $U_q(sl_2)$'s relations as Schubert Conditions?
In Nakajima's Geometric construction of algebras(pages 3-7), he uses the subalgebra of the convolution algebra of $Gr(k^N)\times Gr(k^N)$ invariant under $GL_N$ action to construct $U_q(sl_2)$. To do ...
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Expository treatment of Schubert Cells Paper
I was wondering about the paper by Bernstein, Gel'fand, and Gel'fand on Schubert Cells. This paper is fairly old(and often cited) so I figured someone must have represented this material. In ...
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What functor does a Schubert variety represent?
I'm inspired by Yuhao's question. The functor that takes a scheme S to the set of k-dimensional vector subbundles of C^n x S (understanding "subbundle" to mean that the quotient by it is another ...
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Richardson varieties over finite fields
Let me start with some background to set the notation before I ask my question.
Let G be a semisimple algebraic group over some algebraically closed field K, and suppose we have fixed a Borel ...
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