Anzahl theorems for disjoint subspaces generating a non-degenerate subspace II: quadratic forms

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Main Authors: De Boeck, Maarten, Van de Voorde, Geertrui
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author De Boeck, Maarten
Van de Voorde, Geertrui
author_facet De Boeck, Maarten
Van de Voorde, Geertrui
contents In this paper, we solve a classical counting problem for non-degenerate quadratic forms defined on a vector space in odd characteristic; given a subspace $π$, we determine the number of non-singular subspaces that are trivially intersecting with $π$ and span a non-singular subspace with $π$. Lower bounds for the quantity of such pairs where $π$ is non-singular were first studied in `Glasby, Niemeyer, Praeger (Finite Fields Appl., 2022)', which was later improved for even-dimensional subspaces in `Glasby, Ihringer, Mattheus (Des. Codes Cryptogr., 2023)' and generalised in `Glasby, Niemeyer, Praeger (Linear Algebra Appl., 2022)'. The explicit formulae, which allow us to give the exact proportion and improve the known lower bounds were derived in the symplectic and Hermitian case in `De Boeck and Van de Voorde (Linear Algebra Appl. 2024)'. This paper deals with the more complicated quadratic case.
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spellingShingle Anzahl theorems for disjoint subspaces generating a non-degenerate subspace II: quadratic forms
De Boeck, Maarten
Van de Voorde, Geertrui
Combinatorics
51A50, 51E20
In this paper, we solve a classical counting problem for non-degenerate quadratic forms defined on a vector space in odd characteristic; given a subspace $π$, we determine the number of non-singular subspaces that are trivially intersecting with $π$ and span a non-singular subspace with $π$. Lower bounds for the quantity of such pairs where $π$ is non-singular were first studied in `Glasby, Niemeyer, Praeger (Finite Fields Appl., 2022)', which was later improved for even-dimensional subspaces in `Glasby, Ihringer, Mattheus (Des. Codes Cryptogr., 2023)' and generalised in `Glasby, Niemeyer, Praeger (Linear Algebra Appl., 2022)'. The explicit formulae, which allow us to give the exact proportion and improve the known lower bounds were derived in the symplectic and Hermitian case in `De Boeck and Van de Voorde (Linear Algebra Appl. 2024)'. This paper deals with the more complicated quadratic case.
title Anzahl theorems for disjoint subspaces generating a non-degenerate subspace II: quadratic forms
topic Combinatorics
51A50, 51E20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.12312