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Pfaffian sum formula for the symplectic Grassmannians

Algebraic Geometry 2015-06-18 v3 Combinatorics Representation Theory

Abstract

We study the torus equivariant Schubert classes of the Grassmannian of non-maximal isotropic subspaces in a symplectic vector space. We prove a formula that expresses each of those classes as a sum of multi Schur-Pfaffians, whose entries are equivariantly modified special Schubert classes. Our result gives a proof to Wilson's conjectural formula, which generalizes the Giambelli formula for the ordinary cohomology proved by Buch-Kresch-Tamvakis, given in terms of Young's raising operators. Furthermore we show that the formula extends to a certain family of Schubert classes of the symplectic partial isotropic flag varieties.

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@article{arxiv.1401.3073,
  title  = {Pfaffian sum formula for the symplectic Grassmannians},
  author = {Takeshi Ikeda and Tomoo Matsumura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.3073},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Version 3: an error of a proof in the previous version has been fixed. to appear in Mathematische Zeitschrift

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