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The Richardson variety X γ α in the Grassmannian is defined to be the intersection of the Schubert variety X γ and opposite Schubert variety X α . We give an explicit Gröbner basis for the ideal of the tangent cone at any T-fixed point of X γ α , thus generalizing a result of Kodiyalam-Raghavan (J. Algebra 270(1):28–54, 2003) and Kreiman-Lakshmibai (Algebra, Arithmetic and Geometry with Applications, 2004). Our proof is based on a generalization of the Robinson-Schensted-Knuth (RSK) correspondence, which we call the bounded RSK (BRSK). We use the Gröbner basis result to deduce a formula which computes the multiplicity of X γ α at any T-fixed point by counting families of nonintersecting lattice paths, thus generalizing a result first proved by Krattenthaler (Sém. Lothar. Comb. 45:B45c, 2000/2001; J. Algebr. Comb. 22:273–288, 2005).
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Kreiman, V. Local properties of Richardson varieties in the Grassmannian via a bounded Robinson-Schensted-Knuth correspondence. J Algebr Comb 27, 351–382 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10801-007-0093-0
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