Singularities of duals of Grassmannians

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2011.04.023zbMATH Open1244.14039arXiv1206.1038OpenAlexW2964043765MaRDI QIDQ657994FDOQ657994

Authors: Frédéric Holweck 

Publication date: 11 January 2012

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $X$ be a smooth irreducible nondegenerate projective variety and let $X^{*}$ denote its dual variety. It is well known that $sigm{a}_2(X{)}^{*}$, the dual of the 2-secant variety of $X$, is a component of the singular locus of $X^{*}$. The locus of bitangent hyperplanes, i.e. hyperplanes tangent to at least two points of $X$, is a component of the sigular locus of $X^{*}$. In this paper we provide a sufficient condition for this component to be of maximal dimension and show how it can be used to determine which dual varieties of Grassmannians are normal. That last part may be compared to what has been done for hyperdeterminants by J. Weyman and A. Zelevinski (1996).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.1038

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zbMATH Keywords

singularityprojective spacedual varietyGrassmannian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Grassmannians, Schubert varieties, flag manifolds (14M15) Classical problems, Schubert calculus (14N15) Homogeneous spaces and generalizations (14M17)

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