On $T$-invariant subvarieties of symplectic Grassmannians and representability of rank $2$ symplectic matroids over ${\mathbb C}$

Abstract

For the symplectic Grassmannian $\text{SpG}(2,2n)$ of $2$-dimensional isotropic subspaces in a $2n$-dimensional vector space over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero endowed with a symplectic form and with the natural action of an $n$-dimensional torus $T$ on it, we characterize its irreducible $T$-invariant subvarieties. This characterization is in terms of symplectic Coxeter matroids, and we use this result to give a complete characterization of the symplectic matroids of rank $2$ which are representable over $\mathbb{C}$.