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Projective embeddings and non-abelian representations of symplectic and Hermitian dual polar spaces
Code
01D32111
Duration
01 October 2011 → 01 August 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Algebra
    • Geometry
    • History and foundations
Keywords
non-abelian representations dual polar spaces symplectic and unitary groups projective embeddings
 
Project description
 

Study of homogenous projective embeddings of dual polar spaces of symplectic and Hermitian type, with attention for the universal embedding. Determination of the generating ranks ofthese dual polar spaces. Study of non-abelian representations of these geometries. Study of the Weyl modules for the symplectic groups.