The Monotone Osculating Conjecture for flag manifolds

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Let γ ⁣:R→Rn\gamma\colon\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}^n be a rational normal curve, and let F∙(t)F_{\bullet}(t) denote its osculating flag at tt, whose jj-dimensional subspace is spanned by γ(t),γ′(t),…,γ(j−1)(t)\gamma(t),\gamma'(t),\ldots,\gamma^{(j-1)}(t). For a Schubert problem (σ1,…,σm)(\sigma_1,\ldots,\sigma_m) on Fℓ(α;n)\mathbb{F}\ell(\alpha;n), let XσiF∙iX_{\sigma_i}F_{\bullet}^i be the associated Schubert varieties.

Monotone Osculating Conjecture. For any such Schubert problem and any flags F∙1,…,F∙mF_{\bullet}^1,\ldots,F_{\bullet}^m osculating γ\gamma at points that are monotone with respect to the Schubert problem, the intersection

Xσ1F∙1∩Xσ2F∙2∩⋯∩XσmF∙mX_{\sigma_1}F_{\bullet}^1\cap X_{\sigma_2}F_{\bullet}^2\cap\cdots\cap X_{\sigma_m}F_{\bullet}^m

is transverse and all its points are real. The conjecture is presented as the osculating limit of the Monotone Secant Conjecture; special cases and substantial computational evidence were known, but the general assertion remained open in the source.

References

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Nickolas Hein, Christopher J. Hillar, Abraham Martin del Campo, Frank Sottile and Zach Teitler, “The monotone secant conjecture in the real Schubert calculus”, arXiv:1109.3436 (2014).

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