Enumerating partial linear transformations in a similarity class

Abstract: Let

V

be a finite-dimensional vector space over the finite field

{m a t h b b F}_{q}

and suppose

W

and

w i d e t i l d e W

are subspaces of

V

. Two linear transformations

T : W o V

and

w i d e t i l d e T : w i d e t i l d e W o V

are said to be similar if there exists a linear isomorphism

S : V o V

with

S W = w i d e t i l d e W

such that

S c i r c T = w i d e t i l d e T c i r c S

. Given a linear map

T

defined on a subspace

W

of

V

, we give an explicit formula for the number of linear maps that are similar to

T

. Our results extend a theorem of Philip Hall that settles the case

W = V

where the above problem is equivalent to counting the number of square matrices over

{m a t h b b F}_{q}

in a conjugacy class.

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