Skip to main content

All Questions

13 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
9 votes
0 answers
270 views

The number of non-singular $n\times n$ matrices over $\mathbb{F}_2$ with exactly $k$ non-zero entries

Suppose $M_{n}^{k}$ is the number of non-singular $n\times n$ matrices over $\mathbb{F}_2$, that have exactly $k$ non-zero entries. Is there some sort of formula to calculate $M_n^k$? If $k < n$ ...
Chain Markov's user avatar
  • 2,618
8 votes
1 answer
531 views

How large can the dimension of a 'Span of powers of a finite field basis' be?

Let $p$ be a prime. For finite field $\mathbb{F}_{p^k}$ and $d\in\mathbb{Z}^+$, I am considering the following quantity, where we interpret the field $\mathbb{F}_{p^k}$ also as a $\mathbb{F}_p$-vector ...
actcon's user avatar
  • 89
7 votes
0 answers
300 views

Arrangement of subspaces over finite fields

I'm trying to find out what is already known about the following setup. Let $V$ be an $n$-dimensional vector space over a finite field $F_q$ (I'm mostly interested in the case where $q$ is prime), and ...
user38495's user avatar
  • 1,062
3 votes
0 answers
116 views

Trace of Symmetric matrices in fixed rank

I am solving some problem related to symmetric matrices over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ and I am stuck at the following problem: For every $a\in\mathbb{F}_q $, let $S_a(t,m)$ be the set of all $m\...
Singh's user avatar
  • 179
2 votes
0 answers
111 views

Inseparable field extensions of degree p and linear independence

Let $F$ be a field of characteristic $p$; let $\alpha \in F$ such that $\alpha \neq \beta^p$ for any $\beta \in F$, and let $K := F(x)$ where $x=\sqrt[p]{\alpha}$. Is it true that the elements $1,(x-...
adam chapman's user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
113 views

Complexity of tensor decomposition vector over $\Bbb F_q$ or $\Bbb Z$

Suppose we have a matrix $$T\in\Bbb K^{n^k\times m}$$ and a target vector $v\in\Bbb F_q^m$ where $m<n^k$ and $1<k$ holds. We need to find $k$ vectors $u_1,\dots,u_k\in\Bbb K^n$ such that $$v=...
Turbo's user avatar
  • 13.9k
1 vote
0 answers
150 views

Counting non-zero Gramians of Grassmanians over finite field

In case of $\mathbb{F}_{2}$, we can obtain the number of all reduced row echelon forms (so called Grassmannians) for some m$\times$n full rank matrices by the following gaussian polynomial, $$ \binom{...
mathcat's user avatar
  • 11
1 vote
0 answers
88 views

On the real and finite field rank of a $0/1$ matrix - II

Let $M\in\{-\ell,\dots,-1,0,+1,\dots,+\ell\}^{n\times n}$ be a matrix of rank $r$ where $\ell\geq1$ such that there is a permutation matrix in $\{0,1\}^{m\times m}$ of order $2\ell$. Fix a permutation ...
Turbo's user avatar
  • 13.9k
1 vote
0 answers
75 views

Symmetric matrices of hyperbolic and elliptic type with certain kind of trace zero

I have been working on a problem related to determinantal varieties in symmetric matrices. I am stuck at the following point and would like to get some reference/help for the following question. Let $\...
Singh's user avatar
  • 179
1 vote
0 answers
413 views

Combinatorial Interpretation of an Extension of Gaussian Polynomials

It is well-known that the Gaussian polynomial (or Gaussian coefficient, q-binomial coefficient) $\binom{n}{k}_q$ counts the number of $k$-dimensional subspaces of an $n$-dimensional vector space over $...
Ken Gonzales's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
99 views

Invertible matrices with bounded nonnegative coefficients

I am teaching a class in linear algebra and I asked myself the following question: what is the chance to get an invertible matrix if I write a random one? My impulsive answer is "very likely"...
Andrea Marino's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
54 views

Rank decomposition of matrices over $\mathbb F_2$

Given an integer matrix $M\in\mathbb Z^{n\times n}$ of real rank $k$ what is the minimum and maximum number of rank $1$ matrices $B_1$ to $B_t$ we require so that $M\equiv\sum_{i=1}^tB_i\bmod 2$? If $...
Turbo's user avatar
  • 13.9k
0 votes
0 answers
299 views

Question on rank of matrices over $\mathbb F_2$

$A$ is a square matrix in $\mathbb F_2^{n\times n}$ of rank $k\leq n-1$. $B$ is a square matrix in $\mathbb F_2^{n\times n}$ of rank $n$. $T$ is a square matrix in $\mathbb F_2^{n\times n}$ of rank $1$...
Turbo's user avatar
  • 13.9k