Orthogonal Plücker-type conjecture for simple forms
Orthogonal Plücker-type conjecture for simple forms
Let be a finite-dimensional real vector space with a euclidean or lorentzian inner product, let , and let . For , write for the resulting -form and let denote its induced action on . Orthogonal Plücker-type conjecture. (i) If or , then, for all ,
if and only if is a sum of two orthogonal simple forms:
where and are simple and . (ii) If , then the same equation holds if and only if is simple. These conditions are motivated by the Plücker relations for forms and by their role in supersymmetric supergravity solutions. The first part had been verified in several low-dimensional cases listed in the source, while the second part had also been verified in selected cases; the general assertions remain conjectural in the stated signatures and dimensions.
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José Figueroa-O'Farrill and George Papadopoulos, “Pluecker-type relations for orthogonal planes”, arXiv:math/0211170 (2003).
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