The exterior power of a basis is nonzero: e_1 ∧ ... ∧ e_n ≠ 0.
The Grassmannian Gr(k, V) as a set of k-dimensional subspaces of V.
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Choose a basis Fin k → W for a k-dimensional subspace W of V.
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Plücker coordinate of W: the image of e_1 ∧ ... ∧ e_k in ⋀^k V under the inclusion.
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The Plücker coordinate of a k-dimensional subspace is nonzero, so it defines a point in P(⋀^k V).
Plücker map Gr(k, V) → P(⋀^k V) sending W to the projective class of e_1 ∧ ... ∧ e_k.
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The locus of decomposable classes in P(⋀^k V), i.e. the image of the Plücker map.
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The Plücker map is injective: distinct subspaces give distinct projective classes.
Image of the Plücker map equals the decomposable locus.
Thm 4.1 (Lec 4): The Grassmannian Gr(k, n) embeds as a closed subvariety of
P^{C(n,k)-1} via Plücker, exhibited here by injectivity, image, and ambient dimension.
Ambient projective dimension: dim ⋀^k V = C(n, k) where n = dim V.
Specialization of plucker_ambient_dim to a given ambient dimension n.
A subset of P(⋀^k V) is Zariski closed by quadratics if it is the zero locus of
homogeneous degree-2 polynomial functions (the Plücker relations).
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The image of the Plücker embedding is cut out by quadratic Plücker relations.
A degree-2 element of the exterior algebra is decomposable if it equals a single wedge v₁ ∧ v₂.
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Anti-commutativity of the embedding ι : M → ΛM: ι x ∧ ι y = -(ι y ∧ ι x).
A pure wedge squares to zero: (v₁ ∧ v₂)^2 = 0 in the exterior algebra.
Decomposable degree-2 elements square to zero (necessary condition for the Plücker relation).
Two degree-2 wedges commute in the exterior algebra (graded commutativity, even × even).
For ω = v₁ ∧ v₂ + v₃ ∧ v₄, the square ω ∧ ω equals 2 (v₁ ∧ v₂ ∧ v₃ ∧ v₄).
Normal form of skew forms in dim 4: a 2-form is either a pure wedge v₁ ∧ v₂ or a sum
of two wedges v₁ ∧ v₂ + v₃ ∧ v₄ on a linearly independent basis.
Iterated product of four ι's coincides with ιMulti K 4 applied to a 4-tuple.
A linearly independent 4-tuple in a 4-dimensional space wedges to a nonzero top form.
Lemma 6 converse for dim V = 4 (char zero): if ω ∈ ⋀^2 V satisfies the Plücker relation
ω ∧ ω = 0, then ω is decomposable.
The Plücker target for Gr(2, 4) has dimension C(4, 2) = 6.
⋀^4 V is one-dimensional when dim V = 4.
The wedge of standard basis vectors e_0 ∧ e_1 ∧ e_2 ∧ e_3 in (K^4) is nonzero.
The product of ι on the four standard basis vectors equals the top wedge e_0 ∧ e_1 ∧ e_2 ∧ e_3.
The sum e_0 ∧ e_1 + e_2 ∧ e_3 in ⋀^2 (K^4) has nonzero square, hence it is not decomposable.
Plücker embedding for Gr(2, 4): ambient P^5, injective Plücker map, and Gr(2, 4) is
the quadric {ω : ω ∧ ω = 0} in P(⋀^2 V) (char zero, dim V = 4).