Hilbert functions of points on Schubert varieties in orthogonal grassmannians (Q968251)

Let \(G\) be an orthogonal group defined over an algebraically closed field of characteristic different from 2, and let \(G/P\) be the orthogonal Grassmannian, i.e., the variety of maximal isotropic subspaces with respect to the symmetric bilinear form preserved by \(G\). For any Schubert variety \(X_w=\overline{BwP/B}\), the authors provide an explicit combinatorial description of the multiplicity and, more generally, the Hilbert function of the local ring at any point in \(X_w\). A similar problem was earlier solved for Grassmannians by \textit{V. Kreiman} and \textit{V. Lakshmibai} [Multiplicities of singular points in Schubert varieties of Grassmannians. Berlin: Springer, 553--563 (2003; Zbl 1092.14060)] and for symplectic Grassmannians by \textit{S. Ghorpade} and \textit{K. Raghavan} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 358, No. 12, 5401--5423 (2006; Zbl 1111.14046)]. For this, the geometric problem is reduced to a combinatorial one by means of standard monomial theory. The solution of this combinatorial problem forms the bulk of the paper. In particular, it turns out that the multiplicity of a point in a Schubert variety can be interpreted as the number of non-intersecting lattice paths of a certain kind. For a special choice of a Schubert variety and a point on it, this problem specializes to a one about Pfaffian ideals, previously considered by \textit{E. De Negri} [Math. J. Toyama Univ. 24, 93--106 (2001; Zbl 1078.13508)] and \textit{J. Herzog} and \textit{N. V. Trung} [Adv. Math. 96, No. 1, 1--37 (1992; Zbl 0778.13022)].