On forbidden poset problems in the linear lattice

Abstract

In this note, we determine the maximum size of a $\{V_k,{\Lambda }_l\}$-free family in the lattice of vector subspaces of a finite vector space both in the non-induced case as well as the induced case, for a large range of parameters $k$ and $l$. These results generalize earlier work by Shahriari and Yu. We also prove a general LYM-type lemma for the linear lattice which resolves a conjecture of Shahriari and Yu.

Updated to include suggestions of the referee