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Algebraicity of the group of equivariant automorphisms of an almost homogeneous variety

The base field is the field of complex numbers. Let $G$ be a connected linear algebraic group. Let $X$ be an almost homogeneous algebraic variety, i.e. $G$ acts on $X$ with a dense open orbit $U \...
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Product decomposition into semisimple and unipotent parts of an algebraic group (in Borel’s LAG)

Let $G$ be an algebraic group, i.e., an affine reduced, separated $k$-scheme of finite type with structure of a group. In Borel’s Linear Algebraic Groups Theorem III.10.6(4) says Theorem 10.6 (3): ...
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Intersection of open orbits in homogeneous space

Let $G$ be a simple complex algebraic group. Let $P(\alpha_i),P(\alpha_k)$ be maximal standard parabolic subgroups of $G$ associated to simple roots $\alpha_i,\alpha_k$ in the root system associated ...
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Homogeneous space and rational section

Let's embed $\operatorname{SO}_n$ inside $\operatorname{GL}_n$ through the standard representation. Does the map $\operatorname{GL}_n\rightarrow \operatorname{GL}_n/{\operatorname{SO}_n}$ admit a ...
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Picard group of $(SL(n)\times SL(m))$-orbits

Let $\mathbb{P}^N$ be the projective space of $n\times m$ matrices with complex entries modulo scalar. Consider the $(SL(n)\times SL(m))$-action on $\mathbb{P}^N$ given by $((A,B),Z)\mapsto AZB^{T}$. ...
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Picard group of $\mathrm{GL}(n)$-orbits

$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}\DeclareMathOperator\Mat{Mat}$Consider the general linear group $$ \GL(n) = \left\lbrace \left(\begin{array}{cc} A & C \\ M & B \end{array}\right) \text{ with } A\...
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What is $f^*TX$ for a general morphism $f\colon\mathbb{P}^1\to X$?

Let $X$ be a projective homogeneous space over $\mathbb{C}$, i.e. $G/P$ where $G$ is a simple, simply connected linear algebraic group and $P$ is a parabolic subgroup. Let $f\colon\mathbb{P}^1\to X$ ...
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Automorphisms of homogeneous space $F_4/P_{\{\beta_2\}}$ over the exceptional group $F_4$

Let $F_4$ be the connected, simply connected, simple, complex, linear algebraic group of type $\mathsf{F}_4$, with Dynkin diagram $$ \beta_1-\beta_2\Rightarrow\beta_3-\beta_4\,. $$ Let $P_{\{\beta_2\}}...
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Explicit description of SU(2,2)/U

Consider the real diagonal $4\times 4$ - matrix $$I_{2,2}={\rm diag}(1,1,-1,-1)$$ and the corresponding special unitary group $$ G={\rm SU}(2,2)=\{g\in {\rm SL}(4,{\mathbb{C}})\ |\ g\cdot I_{2,2}\...
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A criterion for a $G$-variety to be isomorphic to $G/H$

Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0. Let $G$ be a connected linear algebraic group over $k$. Let $H\subset G$ be an algebraic $k$-subgroup. Let $Y$ be an algebraic variety ...
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Wonderful compactification

Suppose $G$ is a semi-simple group of adjoint type over an algebraic closed field, and $X$ its wonderful compactification a la De Concini and Procesi. Let $P=MU$ be a parabolic subgroup in $G$, and ...
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Is the wonderful compactification of a spherical homogeneous variety always projective?

Let $G/H$ be a spherical homogeneous variety, where $G$ is a complex semisimple group. Assume that the subgroup $H$ is self-normalizing, i.e., $\mathcal{N}_G(H)=H$. Then by results of Brion and Pauer ...
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Quotient of a reductive group by a non-smooth subgroup

This is a continuation of my question Quotient of a reductive group by a non-smooth central finite subgroup. Let $G$ be a smooth, connected, reductive $k$-group over a field $k$ of characteristic $p&...
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Conjugation of homogeneous spaces

Let $X$ be a smooth irreducible algebraic variety over the field of complex numbers ${\mathbb{C}}$. Let $x\in X({\mathbb{C}})$. Let $\tau$ be an automorphism of ${\mathbb{C}}$ (not necessarily ...
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When is an orbit spherical?

I asked the following question over at math.stackexchange, but got no answers. Maybe it's less well-known than I thought, but I still wanted to ask here: Let's assume we have an affine, reductive, ...
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