On the derived category of the adjoint Grassmannian of type F

Abstract

We construct a full rectangular Lefschetz collection in the derived category of the adjoint Grassmannian in type $\mathrm{F}_4$. This gives the first example of a full exceptional collection on this variety and also completes the proof of a conjecture due to Alexander Kuznetsov and the author that relates the structure of the derived category of coherent sheaves to the small quantum cohomology in the case of adjoint varieties for non-simply laced groups.