Conjecture on osculating Schubert families for classical flag manifolds

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Let VV be a vector space with a bilinear form, and let G:=Aut⁡(V,⟨⋅,⋅⟩)G:=\operatorname{Aut}(V,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle) be respectively a general linear, orthogonal, or symplectic group according as the form is identically zero, nondegenerate symmetric, or nondegenerate alternating. Let γ\gamma be a real rational normal curve in VV whose osculating flags F∙(s)F_\bullet(s) are isotropic in the orthogonal and symplectic cases. Let PP be a parabolic subgroup of GG, let WW be the Weyl group, and let WPW_P be the associated parabolic subgroup. For w∈W/WPw\in W/W_P, let Xw→γ{\mathcal X}_w\to\gamma be the family of Schubert varieties XwF∙(s)X_wF_\bullet(s) in G/PG/P. Osculating Schubert-family conjecture. For any w∈W/WPw\in W/W_P, the family Xw→γ{\mathcal X}_w\to\gamma respects the Bruhat decomposition of G/PG/P given by the flag F∙(0)F_\bullet(0), and any collection of these families is in general position. The conjecture would extend the corresponding Grassmannian result of Eisenbud and Harris to flag varieties of the classical groups; the source notes that the relevant structure constants have few known formulas and that finding a combinatorial formula for them is open.

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Frank Sottile, “Some real and unreal enumerative geometry for flag manifolds”, arXiv:math/0002207 (2000).

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