Re: [sage-support] combinatorial problem

2016-03-12 Thread John Cremona
On 12 March 2016 at 18:45, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > this lower bound is too optimistic. E.g. consider the nx(n choose 2) matrix > with 2 nonzeros per column. Erasing any two rows creates a O(n) > indistinguishable columns. Ah, then I mis-stated the problem. I will go away and come back when I h

[sage-support] combinatorial problem

2016-03-12 Thread Dima Pasechnik
this lower bound is too optimistic. E.g. consider the nx(n choose 2) matrix with 2 nonzeros per column. Erasing any two rows creates a O(n) indistinguishable columns. Dima -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from th

[sage-support] combinatorial problem

2016-03-12 Thread John Cremona
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