Triple intersection formulas for isotropic Grassmannians (Q2342187)

In the studying the ordinary cohomology of an (isotropic) Grassmannian, a triple intersection number refers to the number of intersection points of three Schubert varieties in general position. By convention, this number is zero when the triple intersection has positive dimension. Algebraically this number is given as the pushforward of the product of three Schubert classes to the cohomology ring of a single point. Given three Schubert varieties in general position, let \(Z\) denote their schemetheoretic triple intersection. The corresponding \(K\)-theoretic triple intersection number is the sheaf Euler characteristic of \(Z\); that is, the pushforward of the product of the three Schubert classes to the Grothendieck ring of a point. This number is denoted by \(\chi (Z)\). If \(Z\) is finite, then, just as in cohomology, \(\chi (Z)\) is equal to the number of points in \(Z\) (since these finitely many points are reduced, by Kleiman's transversality theorem). If \(Z\) has positive dimension, then \(\chi (Z)\) can be a nonzero (and possibly negative) integer. The triple intersection numbers determine the structure constants for multiplication with respect to the Schubert basis. These structure constants are known as Littlewood-Richardson coefficients, and in ordinary cohomology they are equal to triple intersection numbers. In \(K\)-theory however, the Littlewood-Richardson coefficients are alternating sums of triple intersection numbers. An arbitrary Schubert class can be written as an integer polynomial in certain special Schubert classes, which (in cohomology) are closely related to the Chern classes of the tautological quotient bundle on the Grassmannian in question. A triple intersection number is said to be of Pieri-type if one of the three Schubert classes is a special Schubert class. Similarly, a Pieri coefficient refers to a Littlewood-Richardson coefficient occurring in the product of an arbitrary Schubert class and a special Schubert class. In this paper, the author determine \(K\)-theoretic Pieri-type triple intersection numbers for all isotropic Grassmannians of types \(B, C\), and \(D\).