The generating rank of the symplectic Grassmannians: hyperbolic and isotropic geometry (Q881809)

The author deals with the symplectic building of type \(C_n\) over a field of odd characteristic. The main goal of the present article is to describe a minimal generating set for an arbitrary symplectic Grassmannian in a unified way and to prove the following theorem: The \(k\)-Grassmannian of the polar space associated to the symplectic group \(S_{p_{2n}}(\mathbb{F})\) has generating rank \({2n\choose k}- {2n\choose k-2}\) if \(\mathbb{F}\) is a field with \(\text{Char}(\mathbb{F})\neq 2\).