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Base subsets of symplectic Grassmannians

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

Let VV and VV' be 2n2n-dimensional vector spaces over fields FF and FF'. Let also Ω:V×VF\Omega: V\times V\to F and Ω:V×VF\Omega': V'\times V'\to F' be non-degenerate symplectic forms. Denote by Π\Pi and Π\Pi' the associated (2n1)(2n-1)-dimensional projective spaces. The sets of kk-dimensional totally isotropic subspaces of Π\Pi and Π\Pi' will denoted by Gk{\mathcal G}_{k} and Gk{\mathcal G}'_{k}, respectively. Apartments of the associated buildings intersect Gk{\mathcal G}_{k} and Gk{\mathcal G}'_{k} by so-called base subsets. We show that every mapping of Gk{\mathcal G}_{k} to Gk{\mathcal G}'_{k} sending base subsets to base subsets is induced by a symplectic embedding of Π\Pi to Π\Pi'.

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@article{arxiv.math/0602608,
  title  = {Base subsets of symplectic Grassmannians},
  author = {Mark Pankov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0602608},
  year   = {2007}
}

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