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Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 575-580 (2003)

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The generating rank of the symplectic line-Grassmannian

Rieuwert J. Blok

Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1027, USA; e-mail: blokr@member.ams.org

Abstract: We prove that the grassmannian of lines of the polar space associated to SP$_{2n}(\mathbb F)$ has generating rank $2n^2-n-1$ when $\Char(\mathbb F)\ne 2$.

Keywords: symplectic geometry, grassmannian, generating rank

Classification (MSC2000): 51E24; 51A50, 51A45

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