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Conditions for matchability in groups and field extensions

Combinatorics 2022-03-09 v3

Abstract

The origins of the notion of matchings in groups spawn from a linear algebra problem proposed by E. K. Wakeford [24] which was tackled in 1996 [10]. In this paper, we first discuss unmatchable subsets in abelian groups. Then we formulate and prove linear analogues of results concerning matchings, along with a conjecture that, if true, would extend the primitive subspace theorem. We discuss the dimension mm-intersection property for vector spaces and its connection to matching subspaces in a field extension, and we prove the linear version of an intersection property result of certain subsets of a given set.

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@article{arxiv.2107.09029,
  title  = {Conditions for matchability in groups and field extensions},
  author = {Mohsen Aliabadi and Jack Kinseth and Christopher Kunz and Haris Serdarevic and Cole Wills},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.09029},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Fixed minor typos & The paper is shortened. To appear in Linear and Multilinear Algebra

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