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Maps between certain complex Grassmann manifolds

Algebraic Topology 2014-10-07 v1

Abstract

Let k,l,m,nk,l,m,n be positive integers such that mll>k,ml>nkkm-l\ge l>k, m-l>n-k\ge k and ml>2k2k1m-l>2k^2-k-1. Let Gk(Cn)G_{k}(\mathbb{C}^n) denote the Grassmann manifold of kk-dimensional vector subspaces of \bcn\bc^n. We show that any continuous map f:Gl(\bcm)Gk(Cn)f:G_{l}(\bc^m)\to G_{k}(\mathbb{C}^n) is rationally null-homotopic. As an application, we show the existence of a point AGl(\bcm)A\in G_{l}(\bc^m) such that the vector space f(A)f(A) is contained in AA; here Cn\mathbb{C}^n is regarded as a vector subspace of Cm\bcn\bcmn.\mathbb{C}^m\cong \bc^n\oplus\bc^{m-n}.

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@article{arxiv.1312.4743,
  title  = {Maps between certain complex Grassmann manifolds},
  author = {Prateep Chakraborty and Parameswaran Sankaran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.4743},
  year   = {2014}
}

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7 pages

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