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On the sunflower bound for $k$-spaces, pairwise intersecting in a point

Combinatorics 2021-05-24 v2

Abstract

A tt-intersecting constant dimension subspace code CC is a set of kk-dimensional subspaces in a projective space PG(n,q), where distinct subspaces intersect in a tt-dimensional subspace. A classical example of such a code is the sunflower, where all subspaces pass through the same tt-space. The sunflower bound states that such a code is a sunflower if C>(qk+1qt+1q1)2+(qk+1qt+1q1)+1|C| > \left( \frac {q^{k + 1} - q^{t + 1}}{q - 1} \right)^2 + \left( \frac {q^{k + 1} - q^{t + 1}}{q - 1} \right) + 1. In this article we will look at the case t=0t=0 and we will improve this bound for q9q\geq 9: a set S\mathcal{S} of kk-spaces in PG(n,q), q9q\geq 9, pairwise intersecting in a point is a sunflower if S>(2q6+4q35q)(qk+11q1)2|\mathcal{S}|> \left(\frac{2}{\sqrt[6]{q}}+\frac{4}{\sqrt[3]{q}}-\frac{5}{\sqrt{q}}\right)\left(\frac {q^{k + 1} - 1}{q - 1}\right)^2.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2008.06372,
  title  = {On the sunflower bound for $k$-spaces, pairwise intersecting in a point},
  author = {Aart Blokhuis and Maarten De Boeck and Jozefien D'haeseleer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.06372},
  year   = {2021}
}
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