Closures of \(K\)-orbits in the flag variety for \(SU^{*}(2n)\) (Q2889335)

Let \(G=SL\left( 2n,\mathbb{C}\right) \) and \(K=Sp\left( 2n,\mathbb{C} \right) .\) Let \(B\leq G\) be the Borel subgroup consisting of the upper triangular matrices. Then \(G/B\) may be identified with the compete flag variety in \(\mathbb{C}^{2n}\), i.e. the variety of flags \(V_{0}\subset V_{1}\subset\cdots\subset V_{2n}=\mathbb{C}^{2n}.\) Then \(K\) acts on this flag variety and \(K\) has finitely many orbits; furthermore each orbit corresponds to an involution in the symmetric group \(S_{2n}.\)NEWLINENEWLINEUsing the technique of pattern avoidance, the author describes the \(K\)-orbits with rationally smooth closure. The main result is that a given orbit parameterized by the involution \(\pi\) has rationally smooth closure if and only if \(\pi\) avoids seventeen patterns, explicitly given in the work. Additionally, it is shown that the singular and rationally singular loci of the closure of such orbits coincide.