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Mathematische Zeitschrift

, Volume 286, Issue 3–4, pp 1421–1433 | Cite as

A characterization of symplectic Grassmannians

  • Gianluca OcchettaEmail author
  • Luis E. Solá Conde
  • Kiwamu Watanabe
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Abstract

We provide a characterization of symplectic Grassmannians in terms of their varieties of minimal rational tangents.

Mathematics Subject Classification

Primary 14J45 Secondary 14E30 14M15 14M17 
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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank J.A. Wiśniewski for the interesting discussions they had on this topic, during his visit to the University of Trento in 2016.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Dipartimento di MatematicaUniversità di TrentoPovo di TrentoItaly
  2. 2.Course of Mathematics, Programs in Mathematics, Electronics and Informatics, Graduate School of Science and EngineeringSaitama UniversitySakura-kuJapan

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