Is this a known problem? Suppose I have a matrix A of size n x m and entries in {0,1}, with the property that the columns are distinct. I want to delete as many rows rows as possible without spoiling that property, ending up with a subset of the rows which is as small as possible, still with the property that the (shorter) columns are all distinct. Ideally this will contain something like the ceiling of log_2(m) rows, as that is a lower bound.
Someone with a more combinatorial background than me might recognise it as a well-known problem in disguise? John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.