A Class of Non-Linearly Solvable Networks

Abstract: For each integer $m \geq 2$, a network is constructed which is solvable over an alphabet of size $m$ but is not solvable over any smaller alphabets. If $m$ is composite, then the network has no vector linear solution over any $R$-module alphabet and is not asymptotically linear solvable over any finite-field alphabet. The network's capacity is shown to equal one, and when $m$ is composite, its linear capacity is shown to be bounded away from one for all finite-field alphabets.