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Subspace variations of the weighted skew Bollob\'as theorem

Combinatorics 2026-03-04 v1

Abstract

Let VV be a finite-dimensional real vector space. A collection P={(Ai,Bi)}i=1m\mathcal{P} = \{(A_i,B_i)\}_{i=1}^m of pairs of subspaces of VV is called a skew Bollob\'as system if dim(AiBi)=0\dim(A_i\cap B_i)=0 for each i[m]i\in [m] and dim(AiBj)>0\dim(A_i\cap B_j)>0 for all 1i<jm1\leq i<j \leq m. Assume that V=V(1)V(r)V = V^{(1)}\oplus \cdots \oplus V^{(r)} and P={(Ai,Bi)}i=1m\mathcal{P}= \{(A_i,B_i)\}_{i=1}^m is a skew Bollob\'as system of subspaces of VV satisfying Ai=k=1r(AiV(k)) A_i = \bigoplus_{k=1}^r (A_i \cap V^{(k)}) and Bi=k=1r(BiV(k)) B_i = \bigoplus_{k=1}^r (B_i \cap V^{(k)}) for each i[m]i\in [m]. Denote ai,k=dim(AiV(k))a_{i,k} = \dim(A_i \cap V^{(k)}) and bi,k=dim(BiV(k))b_{i,k} = \dim(B_i \cap V^{(k)}). Suppose that a1,kam,ka_{1,k} \le \cdots \le a_{m,k} and b1,kbm,kb_{1,k} \ge \cdots \ge b_{m,k} for each k[r]k\in [r]. Using the exterior algebraic method developed by Lov\'{a}sz and Scott--Wilmer, we prove that i=1m1k=1r(ai,k+bi,kai,k)1. \sum_{i=1}^{m} \frac{1}{\prod_{k=1}^{r} \binom{a_{i,k}+b_{i,k}}{a_{i,k}}} \le 1 . This generalizes the results of Alon (JCTA, 1985) and Scott--Wilmer (JLMS, 2021) to multipart weighted setting. Secondly, we solve a conjecture of Heged\"us (AJC, 2015) concerning projective subspaces, showing that any skew Bollob\'as system of projective subspaces in an nn-dimensional projective space contains at most 2n+122^{n+1} - 2 pairs. Thirdly, we prove that if P={(Ai,Bi)}i=1m\mathcal{P}= \{(A_i,B_i)\}_{i=1}^m is a skew Bollob\'as system of subspaces of VV with ai=dim(Ai)a_i=\dim (A_i) and bi=dim(Bi)b_i=\dim (B_i), then i=1m1(ai+bi+1)(ai+biai)1. \sum_{i=1}^m \frac{1}{(a_i+ b_i+1)\binom{a_i+b_i}{a_i}} \le 1. This gives an extension to the subspace setting of the results of Heged\"us--Frankl (EUJC, 2024) and Yue (DM, 2026). Finally, we extend the above inequality to systems of dd-tuples of subspaces, giving a unified bound that implies the corresponding results for dd-tuples of subsets.

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@article{arxiv.2603.02698,
  title  = {Subspace variations of the weighted skew Bollob\'as theorem},
  author = {Yongjiang Wu and Yongtao Li and Lu Lu and Lihua Feng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.02698},
  year   = {2026}
}

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