ACI-matrices of constant rank over arbitrary fields

Abstract: The columns of a

m i m e s n

ACI-matrix over a field

m a t h b b F

are independent affine subspaces of

m a t h b b F^{m}

. An ACI-matrix has constant rank

h o

if all its completions have rank

h o

. Huang and Zhan (2011) characterized the

m i m e s n

ACI-matrices of constant rank when

| m a t h b b F | g e q m i n m, n + 1

. We complete their result characterizing the

m i m e s n

ACI-matrices of constant rank over arbitrary fields. Quinlan and McTigue (2014) proved that every partial matrix of constant rank

h o

has a

h o i m e s h o

submatrix of constant rank

h o

if and only

| m a t h b b F | g e q h o

. We obtain an analogous result for ACI-matrices over arbitrary fields by introducing the concept of complete irreducibility.

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