In mathematics, a Grassmannian \mathbf{Gr}_k(V), also known as a Grassmann manifold, is a differentiable manifold that parameterizes the set of all k-dimensional linear subspaces of an n-dimensional vector space V over a field K that has a differentiable structure. For example, the Grassmannian \mathbf{Gr}_1(V) is the space of lines through the origin in V, so it is the same as the projective space \mathbf{P}(V) of one dimension lower than V. When V is a real or complex vector space, Grassmannians are compact smooth manifolds, of dimension k(n-k). In general they have the structure of a nonsin
In mathematics, a Grassmannian \mathbf{Gr}_k(V), also known as a Grassmann manifold, is a differentiable manifold that parameterizes the set of all k-dimensional linear subspaces of an n-dimensional vector space V over a field K that has a differentiable structure. For example, the Grassmannian \mathbf{Gr}_1(V) is the space of lines through the origin in V, so it is the same as the projective space \mathbf{P}(V) of one dimension lower than V. When V is a real or complex vector space, Grassmannians are compact smooth manifolds, of dimension k(n-k). In general they have the structure of a nonsingular projective algebraic variety. The Grassmannian is named for the German polymath, linguist and mathematician Hermann Grassmann, who introduced the concept to mathematics.
== History == The earliest work on a non-trivial Grassmannian was by Julius Plücker, who studied the set of projective lines in real projective 3-space, which is equivalent to \mathbf{Gr}_2(\mathbf{R}^4), parameterizing them by what are now called Plücker coordinates. Hermann Grassmann later generalized the concept.
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