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Morphisms from projective spaces to flags of minimal parabolic subgroups

Algebraic Geometry 2026-03-17 v3 Combinatorics Representation Theory

Abstract

We classify nonconstant morphisms PmG/P\mathbb{P}^m \to G/P for m4m \le 4 when G=SL(n,C)G = SL(n,\mathbb{C}) (type~AA) for a minimal parabolic subgroup PP. Using the Borel presentation of cohomology and explicit Schubert intersection identities, we show that there is no nonconstant morphism P2G/B\mathbb{P}^2 \to G/B; for minimal parabolic subgroup PαiP_{\alpha_i}, there are no nonconstant morphisms P3G/Pαi\mathbb{P}^3 \to G/P_{\alpha_i} when i{1,n1}i \in \{1, n-1\}, while such morphisms exist for 1<i<n11 < i < n-1; and, after correcting an earlier error (pointed out by Yanjie Li), we give an elementary proof that there is no nonconstant morphism P4G/Pαi\mathbb{P}^4 \to G/P_{\alpha_i} for any minimal parabolic subgroup. The proofs are elementary and cohomological.

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@article{arxiv.2308.00286,
  title  = {Morphisms from projective spaces to flags of minimal parabolic subgroups},
  author = {Sarjick Bakshi and A J Parameswaran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.00286},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

In this version we add a corrected proof of the nonexistence of nonconstant morphism $\mathbb{P}^4 \to G/P_{\alpha_i}$ for any minimal parabolic subgroup