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Main Authors: Ihringer, Ferdinand, Kupavskii, Andrey
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02698
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author Ihringer, Ferdinand
Kupavskii, Andrey
author_facet Ihringer, Ferdinand
Kupavskii, Andrey
contents We study $t$-intersecting and $t$-cross-intersecting families of $k$-dimensional subspaces in finite vector spaces of dimension $n$. We show that all large $t$-intersecting families admit a governing low-dimensional structure for $n \ge 2k+1$. This result, together with its cross-intersecting variant, allows us to prove analogues of several classical extremal set-theoretic results. In particular, we determine the intersecting families with the largest diversity, and we establish a Frankl-type degree-diversity result that generalizes the Hilton-Milner theorem. Our proofs rely on simplification procedures for $t$-intersecting and $t$-cross-intersecting families of subspaces. These procedures are based on the concept of subspace spreadness, a generalization of the classical notion of spreadness for set systems.
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spellingShingle Structure of $t$-Intersecting Families of Vector Spaces
Ihringer, Ferdinand
Kupavskii, Andrey
Combinatorics
We study $t$-intersecting and $t$-cross-intersecting families of $k$-dimensional subspaces in finite vector spaces of dimension $n$. We show that all large $t$-intersecting families admit a governing low-dimensional structure for $n \ge 2k+1$. This result, together with its cross-intersecting variant, allows us to prove analogues of several classical extremal set-theoretic results. In particular, we determine the intersecting families with the largest diversity, and we establish a Frankl-type degree-diversity result that generalizes the Hilton-Milner theorem. Our proofs rely on simplification procedures for $t$-intersecting and $t$-cross-intersecting families of subspaces. These procedures are based on the concept of subspace spreadness, a generalization of the classical notion of spreadness for set systems.
title Structure of $t$-Intersecting Families of Vector Spaces
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02698