"The present book gives a detailed treatment of the standard monomial theory (SMT) for the Grassmannians and their Schubert subvarieties along with several applications of SMT. It can be used as a reference book by experts and graduate students who study varieties with a reductive group action such as flag and toric varieties." (Valentina Kiritchenko, zbMATH 1343.14001, 2016) "The book under review is more elementary; it is exclusively devoted to Grassmannians and their Schubert subvarieties. The book is divided into three parts. ... This is a nicely written book, one that may appeal to students and researchers in related areas." (Felipe Zaldivar, MAA Reviews, maa.org, December, 2015)

• Preface.- 1. Introduction.- Part I. Algebraic Geometry—A Brief Recollection - 2. Preliminary Material.- 3. Cohomology Theory.- 4. Gröbner Bases.- Part II. Grassmannian and Schubert Varieties.- 5. The Grassmannian and Its Schubert Varieties.- 6. Further Geometric Properties of Schubert Varieties.- 7. Flat Degenerations.- Part III. Flag Varieties and Related Varieties.- 8. The Flag Variety: Geometric and Representation-Theoretic Aspects.- 9. Relationship to Classical Invariant Theory.- 10. Determinantal Varieties.- 11. Related Topics.- References.- List of Symbols.- Index.

"The present book gives a detailed treatment of the standard monomial theory (SMT) for the Grassmannians and their Schubert subvarieties along with several applications of SMT. It can be used as a reference book by experts and graduate students who study varieties with a reductive group action such as flag and toric varieties." (Valentina Kiritchenko, zbMATH 1343.14001, 2016) "The book under review is more elementary; it is exclusively devoted to Grassmannians and their Schubert subvarieties. The book is divided into three parts. ... This is a nicely written book, one that may appeal to students and researchers in related areas." (Felipe Zaldivar, MAA Reviews, maa.org, December, 2015)

• Preface.- 1. Introduction.- Part I. Algebraic Geometry—A Brief Recollection - 2. Preliminary Material.- 3. Cohomology Theory.- 4. Gröbner Bases.- Part II. Grassmannian and Schubert Varieties.- 5. The Grassmannian and Its Schubert Varieties.- 6. Further Geometric Properties of Schubert Varieties.- 7. Flat Degenerations.- Part III. Flag Varieties and Related Varieties.- 8. The Flag Variety: Geometric and Representation-Theoretic Aspects.- 9. Relationship to Classical Invariant Theory.- 10. Determinantal Varieties.- 11. Related Topics.- References.- List of Symbols.- Index.

"The present book gives a detailed treatment of the standard monomial theory (SMT) for the Grassmannians and their Schubert subvarieties along with several applications of SMT. It can be used as a reference book by experts and graduate students who study varieties with a reductive group action such as flag and toric varieties." (Valentina Kiritchenko, zbMATH 1343.14001, 2016) "The book under review is more elementary; it is exclusively devoted to Grassmannians and their Schubert subvarieties. The book is divided into three parts. ... This is a nicely written book, one that may appeal to students and researchers in related areas." (Felipe Zaldivar, MAA Reviews, maa.org, December, 2015)

• Preface.- 1. Introduction.- Part I. Algebraic Geometry—A Brief Recollection - 2. Preliminary Material.- 3. Cohomology Theory.- 4. Gröbner Bases.- Part II. Grassmannian and Schubert Varieties.- 5. The Grassmannian and Its Schubert Varieties.- 6. Further Geometric Properties of Schubert Varieties.- 7. Flat Degenerations.- Part III. Flag Varieties and Related Varieties.- 8. The Flag Variety: Geometric and Representation-Theoretic Aspects.- 9. Relationship to Classical Invariant Theory.- 10. Determinantal Varieties.- 11. Related Topics.- References.- List of Symbols.- Index.