On tangent cones to Schubert varieties in type D_n

Publication date: 15 October 2014

Abstract: Let

G

be a complex reductive algebraic group,

T

a maximal torus in

G

,

B

a Borel subgroup of

G

containing

T

,

W

the Weyl group of

G

with respect to

T

. Let

w

be an element of

W

. Denote by

X_{w}

the Schubert subvariety of the flag variety

G / B

corresponding to

w

. Let

C_{w}

be the tangent cone to

X_{w}

at the point

p = e B

(we consider

C_{w}

as a subscheme of the tangent space to

G / B

at

p

). In 2011, D.Yu. Eliseev and A.N. Panov computed all tangent cones for

G = S L (n)

,

n < 6

. Using their computations, A.N. Panov formulated the following Conjecture: if

w

,

w^{'}

are distinct involutions in

W

, then

C_{w}

and

C_{w^{'}}

do not coincide. In 2013, D.Yu. Eliseev and the first author proved this conjecture in types

A_{n}

,

F_{4}

and

G_{2}

. Later M.A. Bochkarev and the authors proved this conjecture in types

B_{n}

and

C_{n}

. In this paper we prove the conjecture in type

D_{n}

in the case when

w

,

w^{'}

are basic involutions.

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