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Base subsets of polar Grassmannians

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v3 Group Theory

Abstract

Let Δ\Delta be a thick building of type Xn=Cn,Dn\textsf{X}_{n}=\textsf{C}_{n},\textsf{D}_{n}. Let also Gk{\mathcal G}_k be the Grassmannian of kk-dimensional singular subspaces of the associated polar space Π\Pi (of rank nn). We write Gk{\mathfrak G}_k for the corresponding shadow space of type Xn,k\textsf{X}_{n,k}. Every bijective transformation of Gk{\mathcal G}_k sending base subsets to base subsets (the shadows of apartments) is a collineation of Gk{\mathfrak G}_k, and it is induced by a collineation of Π\Pi if n4n\ne 4 or k1k\ne 1.

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@article{arxiv.math/0611527,
  title  = {Base subsets of polar Grassmannians},
  author = {Mark Pankov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0611527},
  year   = {2007}
}
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