On partially matchable subspaces in a field extension
Abstract
We develop a theory of partial matchings between finite-dimensional subspaces A,B in a field extension K subsetneq L, providing structural, quantitative, and extremal results for their deficiency. Our main results include (1) a characterization of those pairs (A,B) that are partially matchable up to a specified defect, (2) a decomposition theorem for pairs (A,B) having positive deficiency, (3) an existence criterion for pairs having a prescribed dimension and satisfying a deficiency bound, and (4) a formula for the maximum attainable deficiency at each dimension, assuming 1 ∉ B and the extension has a proper nontrivial intermediate field of finite K-dimension. We use these results to recover and extend various parts of this area of matching theory. Our approach blends algebraic techniques with tools from matroidal transversal theory, and utilizes a linearized version of the e-transform from additive number theory.
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BibTeX
@misc{aliabadi2026partially,
title = {{On partially matchable subspaces in a field extension}},
author = {Mohsen Aliabadi and Jozsef Losonczy},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2606.12725},
eprint = {2606.12725},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.12725},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - On partially matchable subspaces in a field extension
AU - Mohsen Aliabadi
AU - Jozsef Losonczy
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/27
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2606.12725
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.12725
AB - We develop a theory of partial matchings between finite-dimensional subspaces A,B in a field extension K subsetneq L, providing structural, quantitative, and extremal results for their deficiency. Our main results include (1) a characterization of those pairs (A,B) that are partially matchable up to a specified defect, (2) a decomposition theorem for pairs (A,B) having positive deficiency, (3) an existence criterion for pairs having a prescribed dimension and satisfying a deficiency bound, and (4) a formula for the maximum attainable deficiency at each dimension, assuming 1 ∉ B and the extension has a proper nontrivial intermediate field of finite K-dimension. We use these results to recover and extend various parts of this area of matching theory. Our approach blends algebraic techniques with tools from matroidal transversal theory, and utilizes a linearized version of the e-transform from additive number theory.
ER -