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Nontrivial $t$-designs in polar spaces exist for all $t$

Combinatorics 2024-08-14 v2

Abstract

A finite classical polar space of rank nn consists of the totally isotropic subspaces of a finite vector space over Fq\mathbb{F}_q equipped with a nondegenerate form such that nn is the maximal dimension of such a subspace. A tt-(n,k,λ)(n,k,\lambda) design in a finite classical polar space of rank nn is a collection YY of totally isotropic kk-spaces such that each totally isotropic tt-space is contained in exactly λ\lambda members of YY. Nontrivial examples are currently only known for t2t\leq 2. We show that tt-(n,k,λ)(n,k,\lambda) designs in polar spaces exist for all tt and qq provided that k>212tk>\frac{21}{2}t and nn is sufficiently large enough. The proof is based on a probabilistic method by Kuperberg, Lovett, and Peled, and it is thus nonconstructive.

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@article{arxiv.2311.08288,
  title  = {Nontrivial $t$-designs in polar spaces exist for all $t$},
  author = {Charlene Weiß},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.08288},
  year   = {2024}
}

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11 pages; minor changes taking into account referee comments