Resolution conjecture for the singular loci and osculating projections of Grassmannians

Let RiR_i be the relevant subvariety of G(r,n)\mathbb G(r,n), and for 1ir1\leq i\leq r let αj\alpha_j be the successive blow-ups along the smooth centers introduced in the construction. Let τi\tau_i be the rational map given by projection from the ii-th osculating space. Resolution conjecture. For each 1ir1\leq i\leq r, the singularities of RiR_i are resolved by the sequence

Riiαi1α1Ri1α0Ri,R_i^i\stackrel{\alpha_{i-1}}{\longrightarrow}\cdots\stackrel{\alpha_1}{\longrightarrow}R_i^1\stackrel{\alpha_0}{\longrightarrow}R_i,

and the composite sequence of blow-ups

αi1α1α0\alpha_{i-1}\circ\dots\circ\alpha_1\circ\alpha_0

resolves the rational map τi\tau_i. The excerpt introduces these maps and blow-up centers but does not state any resolution result or status beyond this conjectural assertion.

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Rick Rischter, “Projective and birational geometry of Grassmannians and other special varieties”, arXiv:1705.05673 (2017).

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