Hilbert functions of points on Schubert varieties in orthogonal grassmannians (Q968251): Difference between revisions

Let \(G\) be an orthogonal group defined over an algebraically closed field of characteristic different from 2, and let \(G/P\) be the orthogonal Grassmannian, i.e., the variety of maximal isotropic subspaces with respect to the symmetric bilinear form preserved by \(G\). For any Schubert variety \(X_w=\overline{BwP/B}\), the authors provide an explicit combinatorial description of the multiplicity and, more generally, the Hilbert function of the local ring at any point in \(X_w\). A similar problem was earlier solved for Grassmannians by \textit{V. Kreiman} and \textit{V. Lakshmibai} [Multiplicities of singular points in Schubert varieties of Grassmannians. Berlin: Springer, 553--563 (2003; Zbl 1092.14060)] and for symplectic Grassmannians by \textit{S. Ghorpade} and \textit{K. Raghavan} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 358, No. 12, 5401--5423 (2006; Zbl 1111.14046)]. For this, the geometric problem is reduced to a combinatorial one by means of standard monomial theory. The solution of this combinatorial problem forms the bulk of the paper. In particular, it turns out that the multiplicity of a point in a Schubert variety can be interpreted as the number of non-intersecting lattice paths of a certain kind. For a special choice of a Schubert variety and a point on it, this problem specializes to a one about Pfaffian ideals, previously considered by \textit{E. De Negri} [Math. J. Toyama Univ. 24, 93--106 (2001; Zbl 1078.13508)] and \textit{J. Herzog} and \textit{N. V. Trung} [Adv. Math. 96, No. 1, 1--37 (1992; Zbl 0778.13022)].