\begin{equation} \DeclareMathOperator\Gr{Gr} \DeclareMathOperator\LGr{LGr} \DeclareMathOperator\OGr{OGr} \DeclareMathOperator\SGr{SGr} \DeclareMathOperator\Kzero{K_0} \DeclareMathOperator\index{i} \DeclareMathOperator\rk{rk} \end{equation}

Grassmannian.info

A periodic table of (generalised) Grassmannians.

Grassmannian $\Gr(2,8)$

There exist other realisations of this Grassmannian:
Betti numbers
\begin{align*} \mathrm{b}_{ 0 } &= 1 \\ \mathrm{b}_{ 2 } &= 1 \\ \mathrm{b}_{ 4 } &= 2 \\ \mathrm{b}_{ 6 } &= 2 \\ \mathrm{b}_{ 8 } &= 3 \\ \mathrm{b}_{ 10 } &= 3 \\ \mathrm{b}_{ 12 } &= 4 \\ \mathrm{b}_{ 14 } &= 3 \\ \mathrm{b}_{ 16 } &= 3 \\ \mathrm{b}_{ 18 } &= 2 \\ \mathrm{b}_{ 20 } &= 2 \\ \mathrm{b}_{ 22 } &= 1 \\ \mathrm{b}_{ 24 } &= 1 \end{align*}
Basic information
dimension
12
index
8
Euler characteristic
28
Betti numbers
$\mathrm{b}_{ 0 } = 1$, $\mathrm{b}_{ 2 } = 1$, $\mathrm{b}_{ 4 } = 2$, $\mathrm{b}_{ 6 } = 2$, $\mathrm{b}_{ 8 } = 3$, $\mathrm{b}_{ 10 } = 3$, $\mathrm{b}_{ 12 } = 4$, $\mathrm{b}_{ 14 } = 3$, $\mathrm{b}_{ 16 } = 3$, $\mathrm{b}_{ 18 } = 2$, $\mathrm{b}_{ 20 } = 2$, $\mathrm{b}_{ 22 } = 1$, $\mathrm{b}_{ 24 } = 1$
$\mathrm{Aut}^0(\Gr(2,8))$
$\mathrm{PGL}_{ 8 }$
$\pi_0\mathrm{Aut}(\Gr(2,8))$
$1$
$\dim\mathrm{Aut}^0(\Gr(2,8))$
63
Projective geometry
minimal embedding

$\Gr(2,8)\hookrightarrow\mathbb{P}^{ 27 }$

degree
132
Hilbert series
1, 28, 336, 2520, 13860, 60984, 226512, 736164, 2147145, 5725720, 14158144, 32821152, 71954064, 150233760, 300467520, 578399976, 1075994073, 1941008916, 3405278800, 5824819000, ...
Projective duality

The Pfaffian locus of skew forms of rank at most 6.

codimension
1
degree
4
self-dual
no

[Tevelev, Theorems 9.19 and 10.22 (arXiv version)] All Grassmannians.

Exceptional collections

Full exceptional collections in $\mathbf D^{\mathrm b}(\Gr(2,8))$:

Quantum cohomology
small
generically semisimple [Chaput–Manivel–Perrin]

Minuscule/cominuscule case, including quadric realisations.

big
generically semisimple [Li–Liu–Yu–Zhang, Theorems 1.2 and 1.4]

Convergent near the large-radius limit.

Eigenvalues of quantum multiplication by $\mathrm{c}_1(\Gr(2,8))$:

Homological projective duality

Full minimal nonrectangular Lefschetz collection. [Kuznetsov, Theorem 4.1]

Lefschetz block sizes: 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3

Block sizes $(4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3)$; 28 objects.

Symmetric powers of the dual tautological bundle form the first block.

Conjectural HP dual: Pirozhkov's construction from pairs of a degenerate skew form and a line in its kernel. [Pirozhkov]

$k$-Fanoness

Fano but not 2-Fano. [Araujo et al., Theorems 1.3 and 1.4]

References
  1. Kapranov, M. M. On the derived categories of coherent sheaves on some homogeneous spaces. Invent. Math. 92 (1988), 479–508. MR939472.
  2. Kuznetsov, Alexander. Exceptional collections for Grassmannians of isotropic lines. Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. (3) 97 (2008), 155–182. MR2434094.
  3. Pierre-Emmanuel Chaput; Laurent Manivel; Nicolas Perrin. Quantum cohomology of minuscule homogeneous spaces III : semi-simplicity and consequences. Canad. J. Math. 62 (2010), 1246–1263. arXiv:0710.1224.
  4. Carolina Araujo; Roya Beheshti; Ana-Maria Castravet; Kelly Jabbusch; Svetlana Makarova; Enrica Mazzon; Libby Taylor; Nivedita Viswanathan. Higher Fano Manifolds. Rev. Un. Mat. Argentina 64 (2022), 103–125. arXiv:2110.02339.
  5. Pirozhkov, Dmitrii. Towards homological projective duality for $Gr(2, 2n)$. Preprint (2024). arXiv:2402.14754.
  6. Alexander Samokhin; Wilberd van der Kallen. Highest weight category structures on $\operatorname{rep}(B)$ and full exceptional collections on generalized flag varieties over $\mathbb Z$. Preprint (2024). arXiv:2407.13653.
  7. Changzheng Li; Zhaoyang Liu; Tony Yue Yu; Chi Zhang. Convergence and semisimplicity of big quantum cohomology of flag varieties. Preprint (2026). arXiv:2610.28418.

All references.