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Geometry of GL_n(C) on infinity: complete collineations, projective compactifications, and universal boundary

Representation Theory 2013-01-15 v2 Algebraic Geometry Differential Geometry Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Consider a finite dimensional (generally reducible) polynomial representation \rho of GL_n. A projective compactification of GL_n is the closure of \rho(GL_n) in the space of all operators defined up to a factor (this class of spaces can be characterized as equivariant projective normal compactifications of GL_n). We give an expicit description for all projective compactifications. We also construct explicitly (in elementary geometrical terms) a universal object for all projective compactifications of GL_n.

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@article{arxiv.math/0012206,
  title  = {Geometry of GL_n(C) on infinity: complete collineations, projective compactifications, and universal boundary},
  author = {Yurii A. Neretin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0012206},
  year   = {2013}
}

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24 pages, corrected variant