Conjecture on regular maps between homogeneous projective varieties

Let X=G/PX=G/P and X=G/PX'=G'/P' be homogeneous projective varieties, where GG and GG' are connected simple algebraic groups and PP and PP' are parabolic subgroups. For a realization of a homogeneous projective variety as G/PG/P, define its minimum semisimple stabilizer rank (respectively, maximum semisimple stabilizer rank) to be the minimum (respectively, maximum) of the ranks of the semisimple parts of the Levi components of PP over all such realizations; denote these quantities by minss rank XX and maxss rank XX. Let \bbP2n\bbP^{2n} denote projective space, with n1n\geq 1. Conjecture. (a) If XX is different from P2n\mathbb{P}^{2n} and

minss rank X>maxss rank X,\text{minss rank }X>\text{maxss rank }X',

then there does not exist any non-constant regular map from XX to XX'. (b) If X=P2nX=\mathbb{P}^{2n} and there exists a non-constant regular map from XX to XX', then

minss rank P2n1=n1maxss rank X.\text{minss rank }\mathbb{P}^{2n-1}=n-1\leq\text{maxss rank }X'.

The conjecture proposes numerical criteria governing the non-existence of non-constant regular maps between homogeneous projective varieties; the source provides no resolution status or supporting evidence beyond posing it as a conjecture.

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Shrawan Kumar, “Nonexistence of regular maps between homogeneous projective varieties”, arXiv:2307.07018 (2023).

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