\(m\)-systems of polar spaces (Q1336446): Difference between revisions

Let \(P\) be a finite classical polar space of rank \(r\), with \(r \geq 2\). A partial \(m\)-system \(M\) of \(P\), with \(0 \leq m \leq r - 1\), is any set \(\{\pi_ 1, \pi_ 2, \dots, \pi_ k\}\) of \(k\) \((\neq 0)\) totally singular \(m\)-spaces of \(P\) such that no maximal totally singular space containing \(\pi_ i\) has a point in common with \((\pi_ 1 \cup \pi_ 2 \cup \dots \cup \pi_ k) - \pi_ i\), \(i = 1,2,\dots, k\). In each of the respective cases an upper bound \(\delta\) for \(M\) is obtained. If \(| M| = \delta\), then \(M\) is called an \(m\)-system of \(P\). For \(m = 0\) the \(m\)-systems are the ovoids of \(P\); for \(m = r - 1\) the \(m\)-systems are the spreads of \(P\). In the paper many properties of \(m\)-systems are proved. The authors show that with \(m\)-systems of three types of polar spaces there correspond strongly regular graphs and two-weight codes.