• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.52 no.5
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• pp.1109-1122
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• 2015

A Schubert variety in a rational homogeneous variety G/P is defined by the closure of an orbit of a Borel subgroup B of G. In general, Schubert varieties are singular, and it is an old problem to determine which Schubert varieties are smooth. In this paper, we classify all smooth Schubert varieties in the symplectic Grassmannians.