The q-analog of Rado's theorem for independent q-transversals

Let MM be a qq-matroid on a vector space VV, with bar nullity function n\overline{n}, and let X\mathcal X be a system of subspaces of VV. A q-transversal is a subspace obtained by choosing one-dimensional subspaces from the members of X\mathcal X as in the paper's definition. The q-analog of Rado's theorem. The system X\mathcal X has a qq-transversal that is independent in MM if and only if, for every JIJ\subseteq I,

n(X(J))+Jn(V).\overline{n}(\mathcal X(J))+|J|\leq \overline{n}(V).

This is proposed as an avoidance-form qq-analog of Rado's theorem; the source gives no resolution, so the claim remains open.

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Mark Saaltink, “A theory of q-transversals”, arXiv:2503.12201 (2025).

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