Cycle spaces of flag domains on Grassmannians and rigidity of holomorphic mappings (Q390207)

Let \(G_{k+1,n-k}\) denote the Grassmann manifold of complex \((k+1)\)-planes in \(\mathbb C^{n+1}\) and \(H_{l+1}\) the standard non-degenerate Hermitian form on \(\mathbb C^{n+1}\) with \(l+1\) eigenvalues equal to \(1\) and \(n-l\) eigenvalues equal to \(-1\). The domain \(\mathbb D^l_{k,n}:=\{Z\in G_{k+1,n-k}\,|\,\,H_{l+1}|Z>0\}\) is an open orbit of the natural \(SU(l+1,n-l)\)-action on \(G_{k+1,n-k}\) as a group of biholomorphic transformations. Assume that \(k+1\leq l\leq n-k-2\). Then the closure \(\{Z\in G_{k+1,n-k}\,|\,H_{l+1}|\,\,Z \geq 0\}\) of \(\mathbb D^l_{k,n}\) admits a stratification into \(k+2\) orbits \[ \partial_r\mathbb D^l_{k,n}:=\Big\{Z\in\overline{\mathbb D^l_{k,n}}\;\Big|\; \text{ rang }H_{l+1}|Z=k+1-r\Big\},\quad 0\leq r\leq k+1. \] The paper shows the strong relationship between the structure of \(\overline{\mathbb D^l_{k,n}}\) and the rigidity of holomorphic embeddings \(G_{k+1,n-k}\rightarrow G_{k+1,m-k}\): Let \(U\subset G_{k+1,n-k}\) be a connected open set, \(U\cap\partial_{k+1}\mathbb D^l_{k,n}\not=\emptyset\), and \(f:U\rightarrow G_{k+1,m-k}\) a holomorphic embedding with \(f(U\cap\partial_{k+1}\mathbb D^l_{k,n})\subset\partial_{k+1}\mathbb D^l_{k,m}\) if \(l<\frac{n}{2}\) and \(f(U\cap\partial_{k+1}\mathbb D^l_{k,n})\subset\partial_{k+1}\mathbb D^{l+m-n}_{k,m}\) if \(\frac{n}{2}\leq l\). Then \(f\) is the restriction of a holomorphic embedding \(F: G_{k+1,n-k}\rightarrow G_{k+1,m-k}\) induced by a linear injection \(\mathbb C^n\rightarrow\mathbb C^m\). If, in addition, \(f(U\cap\mathbb D^l_{k,n})\subset \mathbb D^l_{k,m}\) and \(l<\frac{n}{2}\) or \(f(U\cap\mathbb D^l_{k,n})\subset\mathbb D^{l+m-n}_{k,m}\) and \(\frac{n}{2}\leq l\), then \(F|\mathbb D^l_{k,n}\) is a proper holomorphic embedding into \(\mathbb D^l_{k,m}\) resp. \(\mathbb D^{l+m-n}_{k,m}\). For \(k=0\) (\(G_{1,n}=\mathbb P^n\)) similar results were obtained by \textit{M. S. Baouendi} and \textit{X. Huang} [J. Differ. Geom. 69, No. 2, 379--398 (2005; Zbl 1088.32003)] about the rigidity of Cauchy-Riemann mappings between real hyperquadrics with positive signature in \(\mathbb P^n\). The proof of the above result in the case \(k=0\) is based on the determination of the cycle space of the maximal linear subvarieties of \(\mathbb D^l_{0,n}\) and the fact that these subvarieties are mapped under \(f\) into maximal linear subvarieties of the target domain. For \(k\geq 1\) the author considers the structures of certain geodesic sub-Grassmannians in \(\mathbb D^l_{k,n}\). He shows that these structures are preserved by the map \(f\) and finally uses a local characterization of standard embeddings of Grassmann manifolds obtained by \textit{N. Mok} [Sci. China, Ser. A 51, No. 4, 660--684 (2008; Zbl 1165.32008)].