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On minimal subspace Zp-null designs

Combinatorics 2020-12-02 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

Let qq be a power of a prime pp, and let VV be an nn-dimensional space over the field GF(q)(q). A ZpZ_p-valued function CC on the set of kk-dimensional subspaces of VV is called a kk-uniform ZpZ_p-null design of strength tt if for every tt-dimensional subspace yy of VV the sum of CC over the kk-dimensional superspaces of yy equals 00. For q=p=2q=p=2 and 0t<k<n0\le t<k<n, we prove that the minimum number of non-zeros of a non-void kk-uniform ZpZ_p-null design of strength tt equals 2t+12^{t+1}. For q>2q>2, we give lower and upper bounds for that number.

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@article{arxiv.2012.00037,
  title  = {On minimal subspace Zp-null designs},
  author = {Denis S. Krotov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.00037},
  year   = {2020}
}

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