Let $\Bbbk$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, $V$ be a $2n$-dimensional vector space over $\Bbbk$ with a symplectic form $\omega$, and $\operatorname{Sp}(V)$ be the corresponding symplectic group. Consider the Grassmannian of isotropic three-dimensional subspaces $X = \operatorname{IGr}(3,2n)$. Let $\mathcal{O}(1)$ be the ample generator of its Picard group; then the canonical bundle of the variety $X$ is isomorphic to $\mathcal{O}(-w)$, where $w=2n-2$.
We study $\mathrm{D}^{b}(X)$, the bounded derived category of coherent sheaves on $X$. We construct minimal Lefschetz collections on the Grassmannians $\operatorname{IGr}(3,2n)$ and prove their fullness. A Lefschetz collection on $X$ is an exceptional collection
where $a_1 \geqslant a_2 \geqslant \dots \geqslant a_{w}$. The set $\{\mathcal{E}_1, \dots, \mathcal{E}_{a_1}\}$ is called the first block of the Lefschetz collection. The collection is called minimal if its length equals the rank of $K_0(X)$ and $a_1$ is minimal, and it is called rectangular if $a_1 = \dots = a_w$. It is easy to see that $a_1 \geqslant \operatorname{rk} K_0(X)/w$, and for full rectangular collections equality is achieved, so they are automatically minimal. Minimal Lefschetz collections were constructed on $\operatorname{IGr}(k,2n)$ for $k=1$ and $k=2$ in [1] and [2], respectively, for $k=3$ and $n$ equal to $3$, $4$, or $5$ in [3], [4], and [5], respectively, and for $k = n$ equal to $4$ or $5$ in [6].
In this note we construct full minimal Lefschetz collections on $\operatorname{IGr}(3,2n)$ for arbitrary $n$, thus generalizing the known results.
We denote by $\mathcal{O}$, $\mathcal{U} \subset V \otimes \mathcal{O}$, and $\mathcal{U}^{\vee}$ the structure sheaf, tautological vector bundle on $X$, and its dual, respectively. Thus, $\operatorname{rk} \mathcal{U} = 3$ and $\wedge^{3} \mathcal{U}^{\vee} \simeq \mathcal{O}(1)$. Since the bundle $\mathcal{U}$ is isotropic at each point, $\mathcal{U}$ is embedded into its orthogonal $\mathcal{U}^{\perp}$ with respect to $\omega$. Moreover, since the form $\omega$ is symplectic, it induces a symplectic form on the quotient $\mathcal{S} := \mathcal{U}^{\perp}/\mathcal{U}$. In particular, $\operatorname{rk} \mathcal{S} = 2n - 6$, and for any integer $0 \leqslant s \leqslant n - 3$ the symplectic exterior power
is defined and $\operatorname{Sp}(V)$-equivariant. For a weight $\alpha = (\alpha_1, \alpha_2, \alpha_3) \in \mathbb{Z}^3$, $\alpha_1 \geqslant \alpha_2 \geqslant \alpha_3$, applying the Schur functor $\Sigma^{\alpha}$ to the bundle $\mathcal{U}^{\vee}$ we obtain an irreducible $\operatorname{Sp}(V)$-equivariant vector bundle on $X$, and we have
The structure of the exceptional collection depends on the remainder of $n$ modulo $3$. The simplest case is $n = 3m$ for $m \in \mathbb{Z}$, $m \geqslant 1$. Below we present the construction of an exceptional collection and the scheme of the proof of fullness in this case; the remaining cases are discussed in Remark 2.
On $\mathrm{B}$ we introduce an arbitrary total order consistent with the natural partial order on the set $\{\Sigma^\alpha\mathcal{U}\}$ and such that $\Sigma^\alpha\mathcal{U} < \wedge_{\mathrm{Sp}}^{s} \mathcal{S}$ for all $\alpha$ and $s$.
Theorem 1. The collection of equivariant vector bundles
is a full rectangular Lefschetz collection on $\operatorname{IGr}(3,6m)$.
As the main tool for verifying the exceptionality of the collection we use the symplectic version of the Borel–Bott–Weil theorem. For irreducible bundles the proof reduces to a direct computation of cohomology for the corresponding tensor products.
The proof of fullness follows [5] and uses staircase complexes [7] and secondary staircase complexes [8], with the help of which new equivariant bundles are successively constructed in the subcategory $\langle \mathrm{C} \rangle \subset \mathrm{D}^b(X)$ generated by the collection $\mathrm{C}$. Thus, for the set
the inclusion $\mathrm{T}(l) \subset \langle \mathrm{C} \rangle$ is first proved for $0 \leqslant l \leqslant 6m - 3$ and then for all integers $l$. Fullness now follows from the fact that $\bigoplus_{l = 0}^{\dim(X)} \mathcal{O}(l) \cong \bigoplus_{l = 0}^{18m-12} \Sigma^{(0,0,0)}\mathcal{U}^\vee(l)$ is a generator in $\mathrm{D}^b(X)$.
Remark 2. If $n = 3m + e$ for $e \in \{1, 2\}$, then in addition to the block of irreducible bundles similar to the block (2), namely,
The proof is similar to the proof of Theorem 1. The mutation defining the object $\mathcal{H}$ is explicitly written as a truncation of a certain secondary staircase complex. Its terms are truncations of staircase complexes, which are expressed in terms of bundles of the form $\Sigma^\alpha\mathcal{U}^\vee$, allowing the proof in these cases to be reduced to computations with irreducible bundles.
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Citation:
A. A. Novikov, “Minimal Lefschetz Collections on Isotropic Grassmannians $\operatorname{IGr}(3,2n)$”, Russian Math. Surveys, 80:3 (2025), 543–545