D:\sbornik\...\Chubaryan4.DVI Mathematical Problems of Computer Science 33, 66{72, 2010. On the N umber of I r r educible Linear ised Cover ings for Subsets in Finite Fields H o vh a n n e s K . N u r ija n ya n Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Yerevan State University hovikn@gmail.com Abstract We present lower and upper bounds for the number of irreducible linearised cover- ings of subsets in a ¯nite ¯eld with characteristic greater than 2. In case of ¯nite ¯eld with characteristic equal to 2, these bounds are obtained by Alexanian. Refer ences [1 ] Â. Ãàáðèåëÿí, “Î ìåòðè÷åñêèõ õàðàêòåðèñòèêàõ, ñâÿçàííûõ ñ ïîêðûòèÿìè ïîäìíîæåñòâ êîíå÷íûõ ïîëåé ñìåæíûìè êëàññàìè ëèíåéíûõ ïîäïðîñòðàíñòâ”, Èíñòèòóò ïðîáëåì èíôîðìàòèêè è àâòîìàòèçàöèè, Åðåâàí, 2004. [2] À. Àëåêñàíÿí, Äèçúþíêòèâíûå íîðìàëüíûå ôîðìû íàä ëèíåéíûìè ôóíêöèÿìè (Òåîðèÿ è ïðèëîæåíèÿ), Åðåâàíñêèé ãîñóäàðñòâåííûé óíèâåðñèòåò 1990. ì»ñç³íáñ ¹³ßï»ñÇ »Ýóµ³½ÙáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÇ ·Í³ÛݳóíáÕ ÷³ÏáõÕ³ÛÇÝ Í³ÍÏáõÛÃÝ»ñÇ ù³Ý³ÏÇ Ù³ëÇÝ Ð. ÜáõñÇç³ÝÛ³Ý ²Ù÷á÷áõÙ ²ß˳ï³ÝùáõÙ Ý»ñϳ۳óí³Í ¿ 2-Çó Ù»Í µÝáõó·ñÇãáí í»ñç³íáñ ¹³ßïÇ »Ýóµ³½ÙáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÇ ÷³ÏáõÕ³ÛÇÝ ·Í³ÛݳóíáÕ Í³ÍÏáõÛÃÝ»ñÇ ù³Ý³ÏÇ í»ñÇÝ ¨ ëïáñÇÝ ë³ÑÙ³ÝÝ»ñÁ: 2 µÝáõó·ñÇã áõÝ»óáÕ í»ñç³íáñ ¹³ßïÇ ¹»åùáõÙ, ³Û¹ í»ñÇÝ ¨ ëïáñÇÝ ë³ÑÙ³ÝÝ»ñÁ ëï³óí³Í »Ý ²É»ùë³ÝÛ³ÝÇ ÏáÕÙÇó: 6 6