Linear sets in the projective line over the endomorphism ring of a finite field (Q2408107): Difference between revisions

If \(E=\mathrm{End}_q(F_{q^t})\), then there is a bijection \(\Psi\) from the projective line \(\mathrm{PG}(1,E)\) to the Grassmannian of the \((t-1)\) subspaces in \(\mathrm{PG}(2t-1,q)\) denoted by \({\mathcal G}_{2t,t,q}.\) This correspondence is exploited to obtain the following characterization of linear sets of pseudoregulus type. Let \(L = {\mathcal B}(T')\) be a scattered linear set of rank \(t\) in \(\mathrm{PG}(1,q^t)\), with \(T'\) a \((t-1)\)-dimensional subspace of \(\mathrm{PG}(2t-1,q)\) with \(t \geq 3.\) Then \(L\) is a linear set of pseudoregulus type if and only if a projectivity of \(\mathrm{PG}(2t-1,q)\) exists mapping the first family \({\mathcal U}(T')\) of subspaces of the related embedded product space to the second one \({\mathcal U}'(T').\)