On the projective geometry of rational homogeneous varieties (Q1409272)

Let \(G\) be a complex simple Lie group and \(P_S\) a parabolic subgroup corresponding to a subset \(S\) of nodes of the Dynkin diagram. Then \(G/P_S\) has a minimal homogeneous embedding in the projective space of the highest weight module of \(G\) corresponding to the weight \(\lambda=\sum_{i\in S}\omega_i\) where \(\omega_i\) is the \(i\)-th fundamental weight. The purpose of this paper is to study the local differential geometry of the embedded variety \(G/P_S\subset\mathbb{P} V_\lambda\) and the projective linear subspaces on \(G/P_S\subset\mathbb{P} V_\lambda\). The authors have determined the varieties of linear spaces on the rational homogeneous varieties thus defined and give explicit geometric models for these spaces. They study these varieties and have established basic facts about the local differential geometry of the rational homogeneous varieties.