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Counting joints in vector spaces over arbitrary fields

Combinatorics 2014-05-30 v2

Abstract

We give a proof of the "folklore" theorem that the Kaplan--Sharir--Shustin/Quilodr\'an result on counting joints associated to a family of lines holds in vector spaces over arbitrary fields, not just the reals. We also discuss a distributional estimate on the multiplicities of the joints in the case that the family of lines is sufficiently generic.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1403.6438,
  title  = {Counting joints in vector spaces over arbitrary fields},
  author = {Anthony Carbery and Marina Iliopoulou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.6438},
  year   = {2014}
}

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Not intended for publication. References added and other minor edits in this version

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