On certain loci of Hankel \(r\)-planes of \(\mathbb P^m\) (Q1929796)

The author studies the variety \(H(r,m)\) of Hankel \(r\)-planes in \(\mathbb{P}^{m}\) called a Hankel variety. In the case \(r<m-2\) \(H(r,m)\) is a proper subvariety of the Grassmannian \(G(r.m)\subseteq \mathbb{P}^{N}\), where \(N=\left( \begin{matrix} m+1 \\ r+1 \end{matrix} \right) -1 \). This subvariety is invariant under the action of special projectivities \(\omega\) of \(\mathbb{P}^{N}\) strictly linked to the standard rational normal curve in \(\mathbb{P}^{N}\). The locus of Hankel \(l+1\)-planes containing a non Hankel \(l\)-plane is described. It is shown that the singular locus of \(H(r,m)\) is closely related to invariant subvarieties of \(H(r,m)\) under the action of certain projectivities \(\overline{\omega}\) of \(\mathbb{P}^{N}\) induced by the projectivities \(\omega\).