Tangent loci and certain linear sections of adjoint varieties

Abstract

AbstractAn adjoint variety X(g)associated to a complex simple Lie algebra is by definition a projective variety in ℙ*(g) obtained as the projectivization of the (unique) non-zero, minimal nilpotent orbit in g. We first describe the tangent loci of X(g) in terms of triples. Secondly for a graded decomposition of contact type we show that the intersection of X(g) and the linear subspace ℙ*(g1) in ℙ*(g) coincides with the cubic Veronese variety associated to g.