Singular loci of Grassmann-Hibi toric varieties (Q1957997)

Let \(X\) be the toric variety associated to the Bruhat poset of Schubert varieties in the Grassmannian. In this paper the authors describe the singular locus of \(X\) in terms of faces of the cone associated to \(X\). It is proved that the singular locus is pure of codimension \(3\) in \(X\), and the generic singularities are of cone type. They also determine the tangent cones at the maximal singularities of \(X\). In the case of \(X\) being associated to the Bruhat poset of Schubert varieties in the Grassmannian of \(2\)-planes in a \(n\)-dimensional vector space (over the base field), they show a certain product formula relating the multiplicities at certain singular points.