Experimentation and conjectures in the real Schubert calculus for flag manifolds

Experimental Mathematics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-221

  Ruffo, Jim ^a   Sivan, Yuval ^b   Soprunova, Evgenia ^b   Sottile, Frank ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Flag manifold; Grassmannian; Schubert variety; Shapiro conjecture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749268048     PISSN: 10586458     EISSN: 1944950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10586458.2006.10128954     Document Type: Article

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