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Let $\mathrm{Sym}_q(m)$ be the space of symmetric matrices in $\mathbb{F}_q^{m\times m}$. A subspace of $\mathrm{Sym}_q(m)$ equipped with the rank distance is called a symmetric rank-metric code. In this paper we study the covering…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-19 Usman Mushrraf , Ferdinando Zullo

A novel lower bound is introduced for the full rank probability of random finite field matrices, where a number of elements with known location are identically zero, and remaining elements are chosen independently of each other, uniformly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-17 Daniel Salmond , Alex Grant , Ian Grivell , Terence Chan

In this paper we study various versions of extension complexity for polygons through the study of factorization ranks of their slack matrices. In particular, we develop a new asymptotic lower bound for their nonnegative rank, shortening the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-29 António Pedro Goucha , João Gouveia , Pedro M. Silva

In this work, we characterize matrices of linear forms and constant rank, demonstrating that, under some natural assumptions, they are always associated with a syzygy bundle that fits into a (partially linear) resolution. Furthermore, this…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Simone Marchesi , Rosa Maria Miró-Roig

We define and study a new family of polytopes which are formed as convex hulls of partial alternating sign matrices. We determine the inequality descriptions, number of facets, and face lattices of these polytopes. We also study partial…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-09 Dylan Heuer , Jessica Striker

Inspired by recent work of Kopparty-Moshkovitz-Zuiddam and motivated by problems in combinatorics and hypergraphs, we introduce the notion of the symmetric geometric rank of a symmetric tensor. This quantity is equal to the codimension of…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-03-31 Julia Lindberg , Pierpaola Santarsiero

We prove an asymptotic formula for the number of fixed rank matrices with integer coefficients over a number field K/Q and bounded norm. As an application, we derive an approximate Rogers integral formula for discrete sets of module…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Nihar Gargava , Vlad Serban , Maryna Viazovska , Ilaria Viglino

We verify a conjecture on the structure of higher-rank numerical ranges for a wide class of unitary and normal matrices. Using analytic and geometric techniques, we show precisely how the higher-rank numerical ranges for a generic unitary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-06-11 Man-Duen Choi , John A. Holbrook , David W. Kribs , Karol Zyczkowski

In this article, we study polymatroids that are representable by means of linear restricted rank-metric codes, namely, by subspaces of the space of alternating, symmetric, or Hermitian square matrices endowed with the rank metric. More…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Eimear Byrne , Giovanni Longobardi , and Rocco Trombetti

We investigate questions related to the set $\mathcal{SEP}_d$ consisting of the linear maps $\rho$ acting on $\mathbb{C}^d\otimes \mathbb{C}^d$ that can be written as a convex combination of rank one matrices of the form $xx^*\otimes yy^*$.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-30 Sander Gribling , Monique Laurent , Andries Steenkamp

Mixtures of $r$ independent distributions for two discrete random variables can be represented by matrices of nonnegative rank $r$. Likelihood inference for the model of such joint distributions leads to problems in real algebraic geometry…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2015-03-06 Kaie Kubjas , Elina Robeva , Bernd Sturmfels

This work is concerned with different aspects of spectrahedra and their projections, sets that are important in semidefinite optimization. We prove results on the limitations of so called Lasserre and theta body relaxation methods for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-05-28 João Gouveia , Tim Netzer

We prove that semialgebraic sets of rectangular matrices of a fixed rank, of skew-symmetric matrices of a fixed rank and of real symmetric matrices whose eigenvalues have prescribed multiplicities are minimal submanifolds of the space of…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-03-03 Khazhgali Kozhasov

We define the rank of elements of general unital rings, discuss its properties and give several examples to support the definition. In semiprime rings we give a characterization of rank in terms of invertible elements. As an application we…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2023-08-28 Nik Stopar

The nonnegative rank of a nonnegative matrix is the minimum number of nonnegative rank-one factors needed to reconstruct it exactly. The problem of determining this rank and computing the corresponding nonnegative factors is difficult;…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-08-30 Nicolas Gillis , François Glineur

We consider the problem of minimizing a linear function over an affine section of the cone of positive semidefinite matrices, with the additional constraint that the feasible matrix has prescribed rank. When the rank constraint is active,…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-22 Simone Naldi

In this paper we show the existence of approximate completely positive semidefinite (cpsd) factorizations with a cpsd-rank bounded above (almost) independently from the cpsd-rank of the initial matrix. This is particularly relevant since…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-07 Paria Abbasi , Andreas Klingler , Tim Netzer

These lecture notes are intended as an introduction to several notions of tensor rank and their connections to the asymptotic complexity of matrix multiplication. The latter is studied with the exponent of matrix multiplication, which will…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-08-01 Giorgio Ottaviani , Philipp Reichenbach

Semipositive matrices (matrices that map at least one nonnegative vector to a positive vector) and minimally semipositive matrices (semipositive matrices whose no column-deleted submatrix is semipositive) are well studied in matrix theory.…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-20 Projesh Nath Choudhury , M. Rajesh Kannan , K. C. Sivakumar

We consider the problem of finding the smallest rank of a complex matrix whose absolute values of the entries are given. We call this minimum the phaseless rank of the matrix of the entrywise absolute values. In this paper we study this…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-10-09 António Pedro Goucha , João Gouveia