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A characterization of symplectic Grassmannians

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We provide a characterization of symplectic Grassmannians in terms of their varieties of minimal rational tangents.

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The authors would like to thank J.A. Wiśniewski for the interesting discussions they had on this topic, during his visit to the University of Trento in 2016.

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Trento, via Sommarive 14, 38123, Povo di Trento, TN, Italy

    Gianluca Occhetta & Luis E. Solá Conde

  2. Course of Mathematics, Programs in Mathematics, Electronics and Informatics, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Shimo-Okubo 255, Sakura-ku, Saitama-shi, 338-8570, Japan

    Kiwamu Watanabe

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Gianluca Occhetta supported by PRIN project “Geometria delle varietà algebriche” Grant Number 2010S47ARA_010. Gianluca Occhetta and Luis E. Solá Conde supported by the Department of Mathematics of the University of Trento. Kiwamu Watanabe partially supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 26800002.

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Occhetta, G., Solá Conde, L.E. & Watanabe, K. A characterization of symplectic Grassmannians. Math. Z. 286, 1421–1433 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00209-016-1807-6

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