The base-subset collineation conjecture for polar Grassmannians

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Let Gk{\mathcal G}_k be the Grassmannian of kk-dimensional singular subspaces of a building of type Xn=Cn,Dn\textsf{X}_{n}=\textsf{C}_{n},\textsf{D}_{n}, and let Gk{\mathfrak G}_k be its shadow space. A base-subset collineation conjecture asserts that every bijective transformation of Gk{\mathcal G}_k sending the shadows of apartments to the shadows of apartments is a collineation of Gk{\mathfrak G}_k. The statement concerns the relation between apartment shadows and the incidence geometry of polar Grassmannians; the supplied text does not indicate whether it has been proved or disproved.

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Mark Pankov, “Base subsets of polar Grassmannians”, arXiv:math/0611527 (2006).

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