On absolute points of correlations of \(\mathrm{PG}(2,q^{n})\) (Q2185222): Difference between revisions

It is well know that any correlation of \(\mathrm{PG}(d,q^n)\) is the product of a collineation and a polarity and, therefore, its is defined by a non-reflexive \(\sigma\)-sesqui-linear form of \(V=F^{d+1}_{q^n}\). The set \(\Gamma\) of absolute points of the correlation \(\rho\) of \(\mathrm{PG}(d,q^n)\) (i.e. the points \(x\) of \(\mathrm{PG}(d,q^n)\) such that \(x\in x^\rho\)) has been called a \(\sigma\)-quadric of \(PG(d,q^n)\). In this paper, the authors consider degenerate, non-reflexive sesqui-linear forms of \(V=F^3_{q^n}\). They prove that these forms give rise to degenerate correlations of \(\mathrm{PG}(2, q^n)\), whose set of absolute points in \(\mathrm{PG}(2,q^n)\) are, besides cones, the (possibly degenerate) \(C^m_F\)-sets introduced in [\textit{N. Donati} et al. J. Algebraic Combin.40 (4), (2014), 1121--1134 ( Zbl 1320.51007)].