Non-generation conjecture for higher-dimensional polar Grassmannians

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Let F0\mathbb{F}_0 be a proper subfield of a field F\mathbb{F}, and let Qn−1+(2n−1,F)Q^+_{n-1}(2n-1,\mathbb{F}) denote the polar Grassmannian of maximal singular subspaces of the hyperbolic quadric Q+(2n−1,F)Q^+(2n-1,\mathbb{F}). Say that this polar Grassmannian is F0\mathbb{F}_0-generated when it is generated by its F0\mathbb{F}_0-rational elements. Non-generation conjecture. For every n>2n>2 and every proper subfield F0\mathbb{F}_0 of F\mathbb{F}, Qn−1+(2n−1,F)Q^+_{n-1}(2n-1,\mathbb{F}) is never F0\mathbb{F}_0-generated. The conjecture is motivated by the proof of the corresponding result in the case of lines on Q+(5,F)Q^+(5,\mathbb{F}), which uses that each such line lies in precisely two singular planes; its validity in all higher dimensions remains open.

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Ilaria Cardinali, Luca Giuzzi and Antonio Pasini, “The generating rank of a polar Grassmannian”, arXiv:1906.10560 (2019).

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