The Chow quotient and log canonical model conjecture for Grassmannians

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Let G(r,n)G(r,n) be the Grassmannian of rr-planes in An\mathbb A^n, let H=GmnH=\mathbb G_m^n be the standard diagonal torus, and let G0(r,n)G^0(r,n) be the open subset of rr-planes projecting isomorphically onto every coordinate subspace AI\mathbb A^I with I=r|I|=r. Set

X(r,n)=G0(r,n)/HX(r,n)=G(r,n)//H,X(r,n)=G^0(r,n)/H\subset \overline{X}(r,n)=G(r,n)//H,

where BB denotes the boundary. The canonical duality identifies

X(r,n)=X(nr,n).\overline{X}(r,n)=\overline{X}(n-r,n).

Chow quotient and log canonical model conjecture. The inclusion X(r,n)X(r,n)X(r,n)\subset \overline{X}(r,n) is the log canonical model precisely in the cases

(2,n), (3,6), (3,7), (3,8)(2,n),\ (3,6),\ (3,7),\ (3,8)

and those obtained from these by the canonical duality. Moreover, in these cases the pair (X(r,n),B)(\overline{X}(r,n),B) has toroidal singularities.

This conjecture refines the question of identifying the log canonical model of X(r,n)X(r,n). The source notes that the Chow quotient and the alternative compactification do not generally agree, while the stated cases remain as positive-direction candidates.

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Sean Keel and Jenia Tevelev, “Chow Quotients of Grassmannians II”, arXiv:math/0401159 (2004).

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