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A Hilton-Milner theorem for exterior algebras

Combinatorics 2026-03-03 v3 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Recent work of Scott and Wilmer and of Woodroofe extends the Erd\H{o}s-Ko-Rado theorem from set systems to subspaces of k-forms in an exterior algebra. We prove an extension of the Hilton-Milner theorem to the exterior algebra setting, answering in a strong way a question asked by these authors.

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@article{arxiv.2406.17857,
  title  = {A Hilton-Milner theorem for exterior algebras},
  author = {Denys Bulavka and Francesca Gandini and Russ Woodroofe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.17857},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

15 pages. v2 adds references and brief description in direct algebraic geometry language. v3 has minor changes for publication