Regular sets on the projective line (Q1086669)

A set of elements in a geometry with automorphism group \(G\) is said to be \(G\)-regular if the identity automorphism is the only automorphism in \(G\), that leaves these elements invariant as a set. The authors prove the following theorem: Let \(G\) be the projective semilinear group \(P\Gamma L(2,q)\), in its natural action on the points of the projective line, where \(q=p^n\) and \(p\) is a prime; then \(G\) has a regular 5-set if and only if \(q\ge 19\) and \(q\ne (25,27)\); \(G\) has a regular 6-set if \(q=(13,17,25,27)\) and \(G\) has no regular \(k\)-set for any \(k\) if \(q\le 11\) or \(q=16\).