The Degree of Stiefel Manifolds

Abstract

We compute the degree of Stiefel manifolds, that is, the variety of orthonormal frames in a finite dimensional vector space. Our approach employs techniques from classical algebraic geometry, algebraic combinatorics, and classical invariant theory.

24 pages, Final version accepted in ECA

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• The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
• Symplectic Geometry and Connectivity of Spaces of Frames