An extension of Fujita's non-extendability theorem for Grassmannians (Q5962316)

Let \(X\) be a smooth complex projective variety of dimension \(2r\) and let \(E\) be a \((2r-4)\)-ample vector bundle of rank two on \(X\). In the paper under review, the authors prove that if a subvariety of \(X\) isomorphic to the Grassmannian of lines \({\mathbb G}(1,r)\), with \(r \geq 4\), is the zero set of a section of \(E\), then \(X\) is isomorphic to the Grassmannian \({\mathbb G}(1,r+1)\) and \(E\) is the universal quotient of this Grassmannian. As a consequence, they obtain that the Grassmannian of lines in \({\mathbb P}^r\), with \(r\geq 4\), cannot be the zero locus of a section of an ample vector bundle of rank two on a smooth complex projective variety, extending a classical non-extendability theorem of \textit{T. Fujita} on ample divisors in [J. Math. Soc. Japan 33, 405--414 (1981; Zbl 0475.14014)] to codimension two.