Hyperplane section ${\mathbb{OP}}_0^2$ of the complex Cayley plane as the homogeneous space ${\mathrm{F}}_4/{\mathrm{P}}_4$

Abstract

We prove that the exceptional complex Lie group $F_4$ has a transitive action on the hyperplane section of the complex Cayley plane ${\mathbb{OP}}^2$. Our proof is direct and constructive. We use an explicit realization of the vector and spin actions of $\Spin(9,\C) \leq F_4$. Moreover, we identify the stabilizer of the $F_4$-action as a parabolic subgroup $P_4$ (with Levi factor $B_3{T}_1$) of the complex Lie group $F_4$. In the real case we obtain an analogous realization of $F_4^{(-20)}/P_4$.

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