On a set of lines of \(PG(3,q)\) corresponding to a maximal cap contained in the Klein quadric of \(PG(5,q)\). (Q1103190): Difference between revisions

Unter Hinweis auf \textit{J. W. P. Hirschfeld} [Lond. Math. Soc. Lect. Note Ser. 82, 55-76 (1983; Zbl 0521.05020)] und \textit{J. Singer} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 43, 377-385 (1938; Zbl 0019.00502)] schreibt der Autor: ``The problem is considered of constructing a maximal set of lines, with no three in a pencil, in the finite projective geometry \(PG(3,q)\) of three dimensions over \(GF(q)\). (A pencil is the set of \(q+1\) lines in a plane and passing through a point.) It is found that an orbit of lines of a Singer cycle of \(PG(3,q)\) gives a set of size \(q^ 3+q^ 2+q+1\) which is definitely maximal in the case of \(q\) odd. A \((q^ 3+q^ 2+q+1\)-cap contained in the hyperbolic (or `Klein') quadric of \(PG(5,q)\) also comes from the construction. (A \(k\)-cap is a set of k points with no three in a line.) This is generalized to give direct constructions of caps in quadrics in \(PG(5,q)\). For \(q\) odd and greater than 3 these appear to be the largest caps known in \(PG(5,q)\). In particular it is shown how to construct directly a large cap contained in the Klein quadric, given an ovoid skew to an elliptic quadric of \(PG(3,q)\). Sometimes the cap is also contained in an elliptic quadric of \(PG(5,q)\) and this leads to a set of \(q^ 3+q^ 2+q+1\) lines of \(PG(3,q^ 2)\) contained in the non-singular Hermitian surface such that no three lines pass through a point. These constructions canrphism is still a Hodge-Tate sheaf.