pith. sign in

arxiv: 0803.2746 · v4 · pith:K2ZMC4SOnew · submitted 2008-03-19 · 🧮 math.AC · math.CO

Vector spaces as unions of proper subspaces

classification 🧮 math.AC math.CO
keywords subspacesfinitevectorboundcodimensioncoverfieldfind
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

In this note, we find a sharp bound for the minimal number (or in general, indexing set) of subspaces of a fixed (finite) codimension needed to cover any vector space V over any field. If V is a finite set, this is related to the problem of partitioning V into subspaces.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.