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Degrees of Maps between Isotropic Grassmann Manifolds

Algebraic Topology 2015-08-11 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let I~2n,k\widetilde{I}_{2n,k} denote the space of kk-dimensional, oriented isotropic subspaces of R2n\mathbb{R}^{2n}, called the oriented isotropic Grassmannian. Let f ⁣:I~2n,kI~2m,lf \colon \widetilde{I}_{2n,k} \rightarrow \widetilde{I}_{2m,l} be a map between two oriented isotropic Grassmannians of the same dimension, where k,l2k,l \geq 2. We show that either (n,k)=(m,l)(n,k) = (m,l) or the degree of ff must be zero. Let RG~m,l\mathbb{R}\widetilde{G}_{m,l} denote the oriented real Grassmann manifold. For k,l2k,l \geq 2 and dimI~2n,k=dimRG~m,l\dim{\widetilde{I}_{2n,k}} = \dim{\mathbb{R}\widetilde{G}_{m,l}}, we also show that the degree of maps g ⁣:RG~m,lI~2n,kg \colon \mathbb{R} \widetilde{G}_{m,l} \rightarrow \widetilde{I}_{2n,k} and h ⁣:I~2n,kRG~m,lh \colon \widetilde{I}_{2n,k} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \widetilde{G}_{m,l} must be zero.

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@article{arxiv.1508.02143,
  title  = {Degrees of Maps between Isotropic Grassmann Manifolds},
  author = {Samik Basu and Swagata Sarkar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.02143},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages

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