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Affine subspaces of antisymmetric matrices with constant rank

Rings and Algebras 2024-12-03 v3 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

For every nNn \in \mathbb{N} and every field KK, let A(n,K)A(n,K) be the vector space of the antisymmetric (n×n)(n \times n)-matrices over KK. We say that an affine subspace SS of A(n,K)A(n,K) has constant rank rr if every matrix of SS has rank rr. Define {\cal A}_{antisym}^K(n;r)= \{ S \;| \; S \; \mbox{\rm affine subspace of $A(n,K)$ of constant rank } r\} aantisymK(n;r)=max{dimSSAantisymK(n;r)}.a_{antisym}^K(n;r) = \max \{\dim S \mid S \in {\cal A}_{antisym}^K(n;r) \}. In this paper we prove the following formulas: for n2r+2n \geq 2r +2 aantisymR(n;2r)=(nr1)r;a_{antisym}^{\mathbb{R}}( n; 2r) = (n-r-1) r ; for n=2rn=2r aantisymR(n;2r)=r(r1);a_{antisym}^{\mathbb{R}}( n; 2r) =r(r-1) ; for n=2r+1n=2r+1 aantisymR(n;2r)=r(r+1).a_{antisym}^{\mathbb{R}}( n; 2r) = r(r+1) .

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@article{arxiv.2209.07633,
  title  = {Affine subspaces of antisymmetric matrices with constant rank},
  author = {Elena Rubei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.07633},
  year   = {2024}
}