\(B_{n-1}\)-orbits on the flag variety \(\text{GL}_n/B_n\) (Q1827413)

Let \(G\) be a connected reductive algebraic group over an algebraically closed field and \(B\) a Borel subgroup of it. A variety \(X\) equipped with an action of \(G\) is called spherical, if \(B\) has an open orbit in \(X\). A well-known result of E.~Vinberg and M.~Brion asserts that in this case \(B\) has finitely many orbits in \(X\), so that it is possible to regard the set of \(B\)--orbits as a finite poset. The author studies the specific example, where \(X= \text{GL}_n/B_n\) and \(G= \text{GL}_{n-1}\). Here \(B_n\) is the subgroup of the upper-triangular matrices in \(\text{GL}_n\) and \( \text{GL}_{n-1}\) is the natural subgroup of \(\text{GL}_n\). It is well known (and easy to prove) that \(X\) is spherical as \(\text{GL}_{n-1}\) variety [see e.g. \textit{D. Akhiezer} and {D. Panyushev}, Mosc. Math. J. 2, 17--33 (2002; Zbl 1052.14050)], so that it consists of finitely many \(B_{n-1}\)--orbits. The author gives a combinatorial description of the closure relation for \(B_{n-1}\)--orbits in \(X\). He also considers another natural (``weak'') order on the set of \(B_{n-1}\)--orbits and shows that there is a minimal \(B_{n-1}\)--orbit with respect to the weak order that is not closed.