The structured Gerstenhaber problem (III)

Abstract

Let $b$ be a symmetric bilinear form on a finite-dimensional vector space over a field with characteristic $2$. Here, we determine the greatest possible dimension of a linear subspace of nilpotent $b$-symmetric or $b$-alternating endomorphisms of $V$, expressing it as a function of the dimension, the rank, the Witt index of $b$, and an additional invariant in a very special case.