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The Cayley Grassmannian

Algebraic Geometry 2016-02-08 v1

Abstract

We study the projective variety CG parametrizing four dimensional subalgebras of the complex octonions, which we call the Cayley Grass-mannian. We prove that it is a spherical G2-variety with only three orbits that we describe explicitely. Its cohomology ring has a basis of Schubert type classes and we determine the intersection product completely.

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@article{arxiv.1602.02127,
  title  = {The Cayley Grassmannian},
  author = {Laurent Manivel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.02127},
  year   = {2016}
}
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