On pencils of cubics on the projective line over finite fields of characteristic \(>3\) (Q2066389)

The paper describes combinatorial invariants of the equivalence classes of pencils of cubics on \(PG(1, q) \), for \(q\) odd and \(q\) not divisible by 3. It is shown that these equivalence classes can be presented as orbits of lines in \(PG(3, q) \), under the action of the subgroup \(G \cong PGL(2, q)\) of \( PGL(4, q) \) which preserves the twisted cubic \(C \) in \(PG(3, q)\). Importantly, the authors determine the point orbit distributions and plane orbit distributions of ten orbits of lines in \(PG(3, q) \) with respect to the twisted cubic \(C \), for considered values of \( q\).