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Matrix with elementary symmetric polynomials as entries
Let $n\geq 1$, and for each $j=1,\ldots, n+1$ let $\mathbf{X}_{j}=(X_{j1},\ldots, X_{jn})$ be $n$ variables. Let $M$ be the $(n+1)\times (n+1)$ matrix whose $(i,j)$-th entry is $$M_{ij}=(-1)^i e_{i-1}(...
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Best strategy for a combinatorial game
Consider the following scenario. We have 20 balls and 100 boxes. We put all 20 balls into the boxes, and each box can contain at most one ball.
Now suppose we are given 5 chances to pick 20 out of ...
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Ranks of higher incidence matrices of designs
In 1978 Doyen, Hubaut and Vandensavel proved that if $S$ is a Steiner triple system $S(2,3,v)$ then the $GF(2)$ rank of its incidence matrix $N$ is
$$
Rk_{2}(N)=v-(d_{p}+1),
$$
where $d_{p}$ is the ...