Maximum scattered linear sets of pseudoregulus type and the Segre variety \(\mathcal{S}_{n,n}\) (Q2248566): Difference between revisions

Consider the family of maximum scattered \(F_q\) linear sets of the projective space \(\mathrm{PG}(2n-1,q^t)\) with \(n\geq 1, t \geq 3.\) If this is not a line, then associate with any such linear set a family of \((q^{nt} -1) / (q^t-1)\) pairwise disjoint lines admitting exactly two \((n-1)\) dimensional traversal spaces. This set of lines is called pseudoregulus. The authors characterize pseudoregulus \(F_q\) linear sets of \(\mathrm{PG}(2n-1,q^t)\) with \(n\geq 1, t \geq 3\) in terms of the associated projected subgeometry. Using geometric properties of the Segre variety \(S_{n,n}\) of the projective space \(\mathrm{PG}(n^2-1,q)\) together with these results they characterize the linear sets associated with the generalized twisted fields and the Knuth semifields 2-dimensional over their left nucleus.