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Existence of a subspace of having no isotropic 2-plane
Let $V$ be a vector space of dimension $n$ over the field $\mathbb {Q} $. A subspace $W$ is isotropic for a skew-bilinear form $\alpha$ on $V$ if $\alpha(x,y) = 0$ for all $x,y \in W$.
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Why does this matrix have zero determinant?
This curious identity arose from studying reductions of the maximal ideal in certain monomial algebra. It can be proved "by hand", (i.e, using Macaulay 2), but I am seeking a more conceptual ...
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Sum of certain decomposable elements
Let $V$ be be a vector space of dimension $m$ over any field and $\ell\leq m$ be a positive integer. Let $\omega_1,\ldots,\omega_r \in\bigwedge^\ell V$ are linearly independent, completely ...
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When is a polynomial ring free over a graded subalgebra?
Keep the setting of my previous question and let $I := k[x_1, \dots, x_n] \cdot A_{>0}$ be an ideal of the algebra $k[x_1, \dots, x_n]$ generated by the set $A_{>0}$. It is clear that $I$ is a ...
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Multiplicative functions $\phi : M_n(F) \longrightarrow F$ with $\phi(I) = 1$
Let $F$ be an infinite field and let $f \in F[x_{11},x_{12},...,x_{nn}]$ be an arbitrary polynomial in $n^2$ variables. Consider the function $\phi : M_n(F)\longrightarrow F$ defined by $\phi((a_{...