Realization of Cohomology Classes in Grassmannians

Abstract

The study of irreducible subvarieties has recently seen a surge of interest due to connections with convex geometry. In this paper, we study cohomology classes of Grassmannians that are realizable by irreducible subvarieties. We completely classify the cohomology classes that can be realized by irreducible subvarieties in dimensions 2 and 3 and codimensions 2 and 3. We also classify all the classes that can be realizable by an irreducible subvariety for the Grassmannians $G(2,n)$ for $n \leq 6$ and $G(3,6)$. We classify the cohomology classes in all dimensions that are, up to positive multiple, realizable by an irreducible subvariety for the Grassmannians $G(2,n)$.