Classification of Schubert Galois groups in Gr(4,9)


Abstract in English

We classify Schubert problems in the Grassmannian of 4-planes in 9-dimensional space by their Galois groups. Of the 31,806 essential Schubert problems in this Grassmannian, only 149 have Galois group that does not contain the alternating group. We identify the Galois groups of these 149---each is an imprimitive permutation group. These 149 fall into two families according to their geometry. This study suggests a possible classification of Schubert problems whose Galois group is not the full symmetric group, and it begins to establish the inverse Galois problem for Schubert calculus.

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