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On nilpotent singular $\mathbb F_2^{n\times n}$ matrices

Let $M$ be a $0/1$ matrix over $\mathbb F_2^{n\times n}$ with determinant $0$. The set of such singular matrices form a semigroup. The set of nilpotent matrices of size $n\times n$ form a semigroup. ...
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Products of Mersenne numbers as sums of real numbers

A Mersenne number is a number of the form $2^k-1$ for some $k \in \mathbb{N}$. Consider the set of $2^n-1$ products of Mersenne numbers $$M_n=\left\{ \prod_{k\in S} (2^k-1) : S \subseteq [n], S\neq \...
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Schur complement and depermuting an algorithm for $\mathsf{determinant}\bmod2$

Let $$M=\begin{bmatrix}A&B\\C&D\end{bmatrix}$$ be a matrix in $\mathbb F_2^{n\times n}$ where $A\in\mathbb F_2$ and $D\in\mathbb F_2^{(n-1)\times(n-1)}$ are square. Through the determinant ...
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Cardinality of certain subsets in vector spaces over finite fields

Assume that you have an $n$-dimensional vector space over a finite field (therefore the number of elements in the vector space is finite) and $F$ is a subset of this vector space which contains $m$ ...
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Number of distinct rows and columns in a matrix with bounded number of entries

How many distinct rows and columns a real square matrix can have (at least in symmetric case) such that rank of matrix is $r$ and entries: are from $\{-b,-b+1,\dots,0,\dots,b-1,b\}$? are from $\{-b,-...
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On sum of matrices

Suppose we have a matrix $M\in\Bbb Q^{n\times n}$ with no $0$ elements and we write as sum of two matrices $M_1$ and $M_2$ on following constraint. $M_{1,ij}=M_{ij}$ and $M_{2,ij}=0$ or $M_{1,ij}=0$ ...
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An extremal problem on matrices

Is it possible to determine (or give bounds for) the following extremal problem: Let $k,m,r$ be positive integers such that $k,m \geq r$. What is the least number $n$ such that for any $r \times n$ ...
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Worst case difference in rank by column-row swapping

Given a matrix $m\in\{-1,+1\}^{n\times n}$. Consider $m^\sigma$ to be collection of all matrices obtained from $m$ by permuting rows and columns. Consider $\mathscr{M}[m^\sigma]$ to be collection of ...
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Largest symmetric matrix given rank

Let $\mathscr{M}[n,d]$ be collection of $n\times n$ symmetric matrices with real entries from $\{0,1\}$ such that every row/column is distinct with sum of every row/column being $d$. What is minimum ...
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Minimum rank of certain matrices

Let $\mathscr{M}[n]$ be collection of $n\times n$ matrices with real entries from $\{0,1\}$ such that every row is distinct and every column is distinct. What is minimum real rank of matrices in $\...
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Rank changes with matrix edits

Assume we have rank $r$ real matrix $M\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$ (not constrained to symmetric). Assume $W\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$ is rank $1$ real matrix. Case $1$: $M+W\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$. Could ...
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Probabilistic statement on matrix ranks

Given $A\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$ with $\operatorname{rank}(A)=r=2^{O((\log_2n)^{\frac{1}{c+1}})}$. Denote $\mathsf{1_n}\in\{0,1\}^n$ as vector with $1$s. Does $$\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\mathsf{P_{A\...
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