Characterising elliptic and hyperbolic hyperplanes of the parabolic quadric \(\mathcal{Q}(2n, q)\) (Q2066390)

The authors provide combinatorial characterizations of the sets of elliptic or hyperbolic hyperplanes on a parabolic quadric \(Q(2n,q)\) in the finite projective space \(\mathrm{PG}(2n,q)\), where \(n\ge 2\) and \(q>2\) is a power of \(2\), or \(n=2=q\). The combinatorial conditions restrict the number of hyperplanes through a point and through a subspace of codimension \(2\). The main theorem generalizes results of \textit{S. G. Barwick} et al. [Discrete Math. 343, No. 6, Article ID 111857, 8 p. (2020; Zbl 1447.51006); Des. Codes Cryptography 88, No. 1, 33--39 (2020; Zbl 1430.51010)].