Compactified spaces of holomorphic curves in complex Grassmann manifolds (Q5925875)

Let \(\text{Hol}_d(\mathbb{C} P^1,G_{n,n+k} (\mathbb{C}))\) be the space of unbased holomorphic maps of degree \(d\) from \(\mathbb{C} P^1\) to the Grassmann manifold \(G_{n,n+k} (\mathbb{C})\) equipped with the compact-open topology. To compactify \(\text{Hol}_d(\mathbb{C} P^1, G_{n,n+k} (\mathbb{C}))\) the authors define a complex analytic embedding of this space into \(G_{n,(d+1) (n+k)}(\mathbb{C})\) and take the closure of the embedded space as the compactification \(\overline {\text{Hol}}_d (\mathbb{C} P^1,G_{n,n+k} (\mathbb{C}))\). They show that there exists a map \(\text{Hol}_d(\mathbb{C} P^1,G_{n,n+k} (\mathbb{C}))\to BGL_n (\mathbb{C})\) which induces isomorphisms in homotopy groups through dimension \({(d+1)(n+k) \choose n}-{(d+1) (n-1)\choose n}-2\). Further they show that the spaces \(\overline {\text{Hol}_d} (\mathbb{C} P^1,G_{n,n+k} (\mathbb{C}))\) form a direct system indexed by the degree \(d\), and the direct limit is homotopy equivalent to \(BGL_n(\mathbb{C})\).