Intersections of Maximal Subspaces of Zeros of Two Quadratic Forms

David B. Leep, Claus Schubert

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Abstract

We calculate the dimensions of the intersections of maximal subspaces of zeros of a nonsingular pair of quadratic forms. We then count the number of sets of distinct such subspaces that intersect in a given dimension.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)157-165
Number of pages9
JournalAnnals of Combinatorics
Volume22
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2018

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature.

Funding

Acknowledgments. The second author was supported in part by an IDA award sponsored by the New York State/United University Professions Joint Labor-Management Committees.

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New York State/United University Professions Joint Labor-Management Committees

    Keywords

    • intersections of linear subspaces
    • nonsingular varieties
    • pairs of quadratic forms
    • quadratic forms

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

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