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On minimality of determinantal varieties

Algebraic Geometry 2020-03-03 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We prove that semialgebraic sets of rectangular matrices of a fixed rank, of skew-symmetric matrices of a fixed rank and of real symmetric matrices whose eigenvalues have prescribed multiplicities are minimal submanifolds of the space of real matrices of a given size.

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@article{arxiv.2003.01049,
  title  = {On minimality of determinantal varieties},
  author = {Khazhgali Kozhasov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.01049},
  year   = {2020}
}
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