Extremal t-intersecting sets in finite general linear groups

Let qq be a prime power and let Gn=GL(n,q)G_n=\operatorname{GL}(n,q). For positive integers tt and sufficiently large nn compared to tt, let YGnY\subseteq G_n be a tt-intersecting set, meaning that every pair of elements of YY is tt-intersecting. Write YT={yT:yY}Y^T=\{y^T:y\in Y\}. Extremal-set conjecture. If YY has size equal to the bound in Theorem, then YY or YTY^T is a tt-coset. This would refine the proved extremal bound and span characterization by identifying all extremal sets; the corresponding assertion is stated for sufficiently large nn and remains open in the source.

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Alena Ernst and Kai-Uwe Schmidt, “Intersection theorems for finite general linear groups”, arXiv:2205.08456 (2023).

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