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Improved rank bounds for design matrices and a new proof of Kelly's theorem
We study the rank of complex sparse matrices in which the supports of
different columns have small intersections. The rank of these matrices, called
design matrices, was the focus of a recent work by Barak et. al. (BDWY11) in
which they were used to answer questions regarding point configurations. In
this work we derive near-optimal rank bounds for these matrices and use them to
obtain asymptotically tight bounds in many of the geometric applications. As a
consequence of our improved analysis, we also obtain a new, linear algebraic,
proof of Kelly's theorem, which is the complex analog of the Sylvester-Gallai
theorem
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On the Number of Ordinary Lines Determined by Sets in Complex Space
Kelly\u27s theorem states that a set of n points affinely spanning C^3 must determine at least one ordinary complex line (a line passing through exactly two of the points). Our main theorem shows that such sets determine at least 3n/2 ordinary lines, unless the configuration has n-1 points in a plane and one point outside the plane (in which case there are at least n-1 ordinary lines). In addition, when at most n/2 points are contained in any plane, we prove a theorem giving stronger bounds that take advantage of the existence of lines with four and more points (in the spirit of Melchior\u27s and Hirzebruch\u27s inequalities). Furthermore, when the points span four or more dimensions, with at most n/2 points contained in any three dimensional affine subspace, we show that there must be a quadratic number of ordinary lines
On a Conjecture of Kelly on -representation of Sylvester Gallai Designs
We give an exact criterion of a conjecture of L.M.Kelly to hold true which is
stated as follows. If there is a finite family of mutually skew lines
in such that the three dimensional affine span (hull) of
every two lines in , contains at least one more line of , then
we have that is entirely contained in a three dimensional space if and
only if the arrangement of affine hulls is central. Finally, this article leads
to an analogous question for higher dimensional skew affine spaces, that is,
for -representations of sylvester-gallai designs in ,
which is answered in the last section.Comment: 13 page
On some points-and-lines problems and configurations
We apply an old method for constructing points-and-lines configurations in
the plane to study some recent questions in incidence geometry.Comment: 14 pages, numerous figures of point-and-line configurations; to
appear in the Bezdek-50 special issue of Periodica Mathematica Hungaric
Strong Algebras and Radical Sylvester-Gallai Configurations
In this paper, we prove the following non-linear generalization of the
classical Sylvester-Gallai theorem. Let be an algebraically closed
field of characteristic , and be a set of irreducible homogeneous polynomials of
degree at most such that is not a scalar multiple of for . Suppose that for any two distinct , there is such that . We prove that such radical SG
configurations must be low dimensional. More precisely, we show that there
exists a function , independent of
and , such that any such configuration must
satisfy
Our result confirms a conjecture of Gupta [Gup14, Conjecture 2] and
generalizes the quadratic and cubic Sylvester-Gallai theorems of [S20,OS22].
Our result takes us one step closer towards the first deterministic polynomial
time algorithm for the Polynomial Identity Testing (PIT) problem for depth-4
circuits of bounded top and bottom fanins. Our result, when combined with the
Stillman uniformity type results of [AH20a,DLL19,ESS21], yields uniform bounds
for several algebraic invariants such as projective dimension, Betti numbers
and Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of ideals generated by radical SG
configurations.Comment: 62 pages. Comments are welcome
Topological representation of matroids from diagrams of spaces
Swartz proved that any matroid can be realized as the intersection lattice of
an arrangement of codimension one homotopy spheres on a sphere. This was an
unexpected extension from the oriented matroid case, but unfortunately the
construction is not explicit. Anderson later provided an explicit construction,
but had to use cell complexes of high dimensions that are homotopy equivalent
to lower dimensional spheres.
Using diagrams of spaces we give an explicit construction of arrangements in
the right dimensions. Swartz asked if it is possible to arrange spheres of
codimension two, and we provide a construction for any codimension. We also
show that all matroids, and not only tropical oriented matroids, have a
pseudo-tropical representation.
We determine the homotopy type of all the constructed arrangements.Comment: 18 pages, 6 figures. Some more typos fixe