Why is the Complete Flag Variety an algebraic variety?
Let $V$ be a $mathbb C $ - vector space of dimension $n$.
Let's consider the set $Fl(n)$ of all the complete flags $F_{bullet}$ $$F_1 subset F_2 cdots subset F_n$$ where the $F_i$ are subspaces of $V$ with $dim(F_i)=i$ for every $1 leq i leq n$.
Why is this an affine/projective variety? I know that given that we can use the transitive action of $GL(n, mathbb C)$ and deduce that $$Fl(n) simeq GL(n, mathbb C)/B_n$$ where $B_n$ is the subgroup of the upper triangular matrices. But first we need to show that it is an algebraic variety.
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Let $V$ be a $mathbb C $ - vector space of dimension $n$.
Let's consider the set $Fl(n)$ of all the complete flags $F_{bullet}$ $$F_1 subset F_2 cdots subset F_n$$ where the $F_i$ are subspaces of $V$ with $dim(F_i)=i$ for every $1 leq i leq n$.
Why is this an affine/projective variety? I know that given that we can use the transitive action of $GL(n, mathbb C)$ and deduce that $$Fl(n) simeq GL(n, mathbb C)/B_n$$ where $B_n$ is the subgroup of the upper triangular matrices. But first we need to show that it is an algebraic variety.
Thanks!
linear-algebra algebraic-geometry lie-groups schubert-calculus
edited yesterday
Matt Samuel
37k63465
asked Mar 26 '17 at 20:52
Maffred
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Let $V$ be a $mathbb C $ - vector space of dimension $n$.
Let's consider the set $Fl(n)$ of all the complete flags $F_{bullet}$ $$F_1 subset F_2 cdots subset F_n$$ where the $F_i$ are subspaces of $V$ with $dim(F_i)=i$ for every $1 leq i leq n$.
Why is this an affine/projective variety? I know that given that we can use the transitive action of $GL(n, mathbb C)$ and deduce that $$Fl(n) simeq GL(n, mathbb C)/B_n$$ where $B_n$ is the subgroup of the upper triangular matrices. But first we need to show that it is an algebraic variety.
Thanks!
linear-algebra algebraic-geometry lie-groups schubert-calculus
edited yesterday
Matt Samuel
37k63465
asked Mar 26 '17 at 20:52
Maffred
2,670625
Let $V$ be a $mathbb C $ - vector space of dimension $n$.
Let's consider the set $Fl(n)$ of all the complete flags $F_{bullet}$ $$F_1 subset F_2 cdots subset F_n$$ where the $F_i$ are subspaces of $V$ with $dim(F_i)=i$ for every $1 leq i leq n$.
Why is this an affine/projective variety? I know that given that we can use the transitive action of $GL(n, mathbb C)$ and deduce that $$Fl(n) simeq GL(n, mathbb C)/B_n$$ where $B_n$ is the subgroup of the upper triangular matrices. But first we need to show that it is an algebraic variety.
Thanks!
linear-algebra algebraic-geometry lie-groups schubert-calculus
linear-algebra algebraic-geometry lie-groups schubert-calculus
edited yesterday
Matt Samuel
37k63465
asked Mar 26 '17 at 20:52
Maffred
2,670625
edited yesterday
Matt Samuel
37k63465
asked Mar 26 '17 at 20:52
Maffred
2,670625
edited yesterday
Matt Samuel
37k63465
edited yesterday
Matt Samuel
37k63465
edited yesterday
Matt Samuel
37k63465
37k63465
asked Mar 26 '17 at 20:52
Maffred
2,670625
asked Mar 26 '17 at 20:52
Maffred
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asked Mar 26 '17 at 20:52
Maffred
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2,670625
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because of that identification we can put a variety (projective) structure on it...comes from projective structure of GL(n,C)/B_n.
there is another identification that this collection of complete flags can be thought of as inside product of G(1,n) x G(2,n) x ... x G(n-1,n)
where G(r,n) Grassmanian variety .
answered Mar 26 '17 at 21:02
Pinaki Saha
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I like the second identification! Why is it an algebraic subset of that product?
– Maffred
Mar 26 '17 at 21:09
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Because you can encode the containment of subspaces as polynomial equations in the Plucker coordinates of the subspaces.
– Mariano Suárez-Álvarez
Mar 26 '17 at 21:45
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because of that identification we can put a variety (projective) structure on it...comes from projective structure of GL(n,C)/B_n.
there is another identification that this collection of complete flags can be thought of as inside product of G(1,n) x G(2,n) x ... x G(n-1,n)
where G(r,n) Grassmanian variety .
answered Mar 26 '17 at 21:02
Pinaki Saha
312
I like the second identification! Why is it an algebraic subset of that product?
– Maffred
Mar 26 '17 at 21:09
2
Because you can encode the containment of subspaces as polynomial equations in the Plucker coordinates of the subspaces.
– Mariano Suárez-Álvarez
Mar 26 '17 at 21:45
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because of that identification we can put a variety (projective) structure on it...comes from projective structure of GL(n,C)/B_n.
there is another identification that this collection of complete flags can be thought of as inside product of G(1,n) x G(2,n) x ... x G(n-1,n)
where G(r,n) Grassmanian variety .
answered Mar 26 '17 at 21:02
Pinaki Saha
312
I like the second identification! Why is it an algebraic subset of that product?
– Maffred
Mar 26 '17 at 21:09
2
Because you can encode the containment of subspaces as polynomial equations in the Plucker coordinates of the subspaces.
– Mariano Suárez-Álvarez
Mar 26 '17 at 21:45
add a comment |
because of that identification we can put a variety (projective) structure on it...comes from projective structure of GL(n,C)/B_n.
there is another identification that this collection of complete flags can be thought of as inside product of G(1,n) x G(2,n) x ... x G(n-1,n)
where G(r,n) Grassmanian variety .
answered Mar 26 '17 at 21:02
Pinaki Saha
312
because of that identification we can put a variety (projective) structure on it...comes from projective structure of GL(n,C)/B_n.
there is another identification that this collection of complete flags can be thought of as inside product of G(1,n) x G(2,n) x ... x G(n-1,n)
where G(r,n) Grassmanian variety .
answered Mar 26 '17 at 21:02
Pinaki Saha
312
answered Mar 26 '17 at 21:02
Pinaki Saha
312
answered Mar 26 '17 at 21:02
Pinaki Saha
312
answered Mar 26 '17 at 21:02
Pinaki Saha
312
312
I like the second identification! Why is it an algebraic subset of that product?
– Maffred
Mar 26 '17 at 21:09
2
Because you can encode the containment of subspaces as polynomial equations in the Plucker coordinates of the subspaces.
– Mariano Suárez-Álvarez
Mar 26 '17 at 21:45
add a comment |
I like the second identification! Why is it an algebraic subset of that product?
– Maffred
Mar 26 '17 at 21:09
2
Because you can encode the containment of subspaces as polynomial equations in the Plucker coordinates of the subspaces.
– Mariano Suárez-Álvarez
Mar 26 '17 at 21:45
I like the second identification! Why is it an algebraic subset of that product?
– Maffred
Mar 26 '17 at 21:09
I like the second identification! Why is it an algebraic subset of that product?
– Maffred
Mar 26 '17 at 21:09
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2
Because you can encode the containment of subspaces as polynomial equations in the Plucker coordinates of the subspaces.
– Mariano Suárez-Álvarez
Mar 26 '17 at 21:45
Because you can encode the containment of subspaces as polynomial equations in the Plucker coordinates of the subspaces.
– Mariano Suárez-Álvarez
Mar 26 '17 at 21:45
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