Baur–Draisma–de Graaf conjecture on secant defectivity of Grassmannians

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Let G(r,n)\mathbb G(r,n) denote the Grassmannian of rr-planes in projective nn-space, and let hh be a positive integer. A projective variety is called hh-defective when its hh-secant variety has dimension smaller than the expected dimension. Baur–Draisma–de Graaf's conjecture. If r≥2r\geq 2, then G(r,n)\mathbb G(r,n) is not hh-defective, with the following exceptions:

(r,n,h)∈{(2,7,3),(3,8,3),(3,8,4),(2,9,4)}.(r,n,h)\in\{(2,7,3),(3,8,3),(3,8,4),(2,9,4)\}.

The conjecture concerns the dimensions of secant varieties of Grassmannians, which are closely related to tensor-rank and skew-symmetric matrix-rank questions. The cited source proposes this as a classification of the defective cases; its resolution status is not established by the supplied text.

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Alex Massarenti and Rick Rischter, “Non-Secant Defectivity via Osculating Projections”, arXiv:1610.09332 (2016).

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