The stronger q-analogue of the reverse oddtown theorem
The stronger q-analogue of the reverse oddtown theorem
Let be an even positive integer and let be an -dimensional vector space over the finite field with elements. Write for its subspaces, and let denote the -integer. Let satisfy that is even for every and is odd for every distinct . The stronger q-analogue of the reverse oddtown theorem. If is an odd prime power, then
The preceding reverse oddtown q-analogue gives the weaker bound when is even, while the family of codimension-one subspaces inside a fixed -dimensional subspace has size . The conjecture asserts that this construction is optimal; its status is open based on the information provided.
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Hiranya Kishore Dey, “q-analogues of Fisher's inequality and oddtown theorem”, arXiv:2505.15664 (2025).
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