Well-invertible column subsets of sparse matrices are rare
A random $n\times k$ matrix $S$ is an \emph{$(r,\alpha)$-oblivious subspace injection} (OSI) if $\mathbb{E}\|S^\top x\|_2^2=\|x\|_2^2$ for every $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$, and for every fixed $r$-dimensional subspace $V\subset\mathbb{R}^n$, with probability close to one, one has $\alpha\|x\|_2^2\le\|S^\top x\|_2^2$ for all $x...