Note on the dimension of certain algebraic sets of matrices

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Authors J. Bochi, Nikolaz Gourmelon

Publication date 10 January 2012

Abstract: In this short note we prove a lemma about the dimension of certain algebraic sets of matrices. This result is needed in our paper arXiv:1201.1672. The result presented here has also applications in other situations and so it should appear as part of a larger work. The statement of the lemma goes as follows: Suppose $X$ is a nonempty algebraically closed subset of the affine space of $nimesm$ complex matrices. Suppose that $X$ is column-invariant (i.e., belongingness to $X$ depends only on the column space of the matrix). Suppose $E$ is a vector subspace of $mathbb{C}^n$ that is not contained in the column space of any matrix in $X$. Then $codim(X)geqm+1-dim(E)$. The proof is simple and relies on intersection theory of the grassmannians ("Schubert calculus").

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