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$Sp(n)$-orbits of isoclinic subspaces in the real Grassmannians

Differential Geometry 2021-11-30 v1

Abstract

In the framework of the study of the Sp(n)Sp(n)-orbits in the real Grassmannian GR(k,4n)G^\R(k,4n) of kk-dimensional non oriented subspaces of a real 4n4n-dimensional vector space VV, here we consider the case of the isoclinic subspaces whose set we indicate with IC\mathcal{IC}. Endowed VV with an Hermitian quaternionic structure (Q,<,>)(\mathcal{Q},<,>), a subspace UU is isoclinic if for any compatible complex structure AQA \in \mathcal{Q} the principal angles of the pair (U,AU)(U,AU) are all the same, say θA\theta^A. We will show that, fixed an admissible hypercomplex basis (I,J,K)(I,J,K), to any such subspace UU we can associate two set of invariants, namely a triple (ξ,χ,η)(\xi,\chi,\eta) and a pair (Γ,Δ)(\Gamma, \Delta) where Γ\Gamma itself is a function of (ξ,χ,η)(\xi,\chi,\eta). We prove that the angles of isoclinicity (θI,θJ,θK)(\theta^I,\theta^J,\theta^K) together with (ξ,χ,η,Δ)(\xi,\chi,\eta, \Delta) determine its Sp(n)Sp(n)-orbit. In particular if dimU=8k+2\dim U= 8k+2 or dimU=8k+6\dim U= 8k+6 with k0k \geq 0 the last set reduce to the pair (ξ=±1,χ=±1)(\xi= \pm 1,\chi= \pm 1).

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@article{arxiv.2111.14550,
  title  = {$Sp(n)$-orbits of isoclinic subspaces in the real Grassmannians},
  author = {Massimo Vaccaro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.14550},
  year   = {2021}
}