Rank \(k\) Grassmann products (Q2536112)

Let \(U\) be a vector space of dimension \(n\), \(\wedge^r U\) the \(r\)th Grassmann space, and \(C^r_k(U)\) the elements of \(U\) which can be written as the sum of \(k\) and no fewer than \(k\) decomposable members of \(\wedge U\). Among the results the author obtains are: (i) if \(U\) is extended, the rank of a given vector in \(\wedge^r U\) remains fixed; (ii) conditions for multiplication in the exterior algebra of a vector of \(C^r_k(U)\) by a vector of \(U\) to yield a vector of \(C^{r+1}_k\); (iii) if \(\dim U=4\) and \(H\) is a subspace of \(\wedge^2 U\) consisting only of 0 and rank two tensors, then \(\dim H = 1\) when the underlying field is algebraically closed.