Caps embedded in Grassmannians (Q1386689)

A \(k\)-cap in a finite projective space \(\pi\) is a set of \(k\) points, no three of which are collinear. For \(\pi=\)PG\((5,q)\), \(q\) a power of \(2\), the authors construct a cap \(C\) of size \(q^3+2q^2+1\) which is maximally embedded in a Klein quadric \(K\) of \(\pi\); this means that \(C\) is contained in \(K\) and \(C\) cannot be extended to a larger cap by adding a further point of \(K\). The deficiency to the theoretically upper bound \((q^2+1)(q+2)\) of the cardinality of such a cap is equal to \(q+1\), and, in fact, any cap which is maximally embedded in \(K\) having more than \(q^3+2q^2+1\) points necessarily is a \((q^2+1)(q+2)\)-cap. It is not known, however, whether \((q^2+1)(q+2)\)-caps can be embedded in a Klein quadric. The situation \(\pi=PG(5,q)\), \(q\) odd, has been previously investigated in \textit{D. G. Glynn}, Geom. Dedicata 26, No. 3, 273-280 (1988; Zbl 0645.51012). Concerning higher dimensional spaces in arbitrary characteristic, in the present paper, the authors also provide a result on caps embedded in line Grassmannians.