A characterization of the split Cayley generalized hexagon \(H(q)\) using one subhexagon of order \((1,q)\) (Q557082): Difference between revisions

It is known that the split Cayley general hexagon \(H(q)\) has a subhexagon \(\Gamma'\) of order \((1,q)\), which is isomorphic to the incidence graph of the Desarguesian plane \(PG(2,q)\). Main result. Let \(\Gamma\) be a generalized hexagon of order \(q\) admitting a subhexagon \(\Gamma'\) of order \((1,q)\), which is isomorphic to the incidence graph of the Desarguesian plane \(PG(2,q)\) with \(q\) a power of some prime \(p\). Suppose that all elations of \(PG(2,q)\) are induced by collineations of \(\Gamma\). Then \(\Gamma\) is isomorphic to \(H(q)\) and every elation of \(PG(2,q)\) is induced by a unique collineation of \(\Gamma\) of order \(p\), which is nesessarily an axial elation. Theorem. Let \(\Gamma\) be a generalized quadrangle of order \(q\) admitting a subquadrangle \(\Gamma'\) of order \((q,1)\) such that one of the natural actions of \(L_2(q)\times L_2(q)\) on \(\Gamma'\) is induced by the stabilizer of \(\Gamma'\) in an automorphism group of \(\Gamma\). Then \(\Gamma\) is isomorphic to \(Q_4(q)\).