Cyclically covering subspaces in F₂^n

Abstract: A subspace of

m a t h b b F_{2}^{n}

is called cyclically covering if every vector in

m a t h b b F_{2}^{n}

has a cyclic shift which is inside the subspace. Let

h_{2} (n)

denote the largest possible codimension of a cyclically covering subspace of

m a t h b b F_{2}^{n}

. We show that

h_{2} (p) = 2

for every prime

p

such that 2 is a primitive root modulo

p

, which, assuming Artin's conjecture, answers a question of Peter Cameron from 1991. We also prove various bounds on

h_{2} (a b)

depending on

h_{2} (a)

and

h_{2} (b)

and extend some of our results to a more general set-up proposed by Cameron, Ellis and Raynaud.

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