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Rank r Solutions to the Matrix Equation XAXT = C, A Nonalternate, C Alternate, Over GF(2y).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Philip G. Buckhiester
Philip G. Buckhiester*
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Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
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Let GF(q) denote a finite field of order q = py, p a prime. Let A and C be symmetric matrices of order n, rank m and order s, rank k, respectively, over GF(q). Carlitz [6] has determined the number N(A, C, n, s) of solutions X over GF(q), for p an odd prime, to the matrix equation

1.1

where n = m. Furthermore, Hodges [9] has determined the number N(A, C, n, s, r) of s × n matrices X of rank r over GF(q), p an odd prime, which satisfy (1.1). Perkin [10] has enumerated the s × n matrices of given rank r over GF(q), q = 2y, such that XXT = 0. Finally, the author [3] has determined the number of solutions to (1.1) in case C = 0, where q = 2y.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , February 1974 , pp. 78 - 90
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1974

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