A characterization of symplectic Grassmannians
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Abstract
We provide a characterization of symplectic Grassmannians in terms of their varieties of minimal rational tangents.
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Primary 14J45 Secondary 14E30 14M15 14M17Notes
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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