Minimal parallelism-inducing groups (Q2369837)

A set of \(q^2+q+1\) spreads in \(P=PG(3,q)\) is called a parallelism in \(P\) if their union covers the set of lines of \(P\). For the construction of such parallelisms the authors introduced the concept of a parallelism-inducing group [see Aequationes Math. 65, No. 1--2, 133--157 (2003; Zbl 1032.51012)], where the group \(G\) fixes some Desarguesian spread \(\Sigma\) and acts transitively on a remaining family of \(q^2+q\) Hall spreads. The union of these spreads forms a parallelism. In the paper under review the authors consider minimal (linear) parallelism-inducing groups and determine those groups that can possibly fix some Desarguesian spread and act transitively on \(q^2+q\) other spreads. They demonstrate that there is a wide variety of mutually non-isomorphic parallelisms defined by one Desarguesian spread and derived Knuth semifield spreads. Another construction produces a parallelism with one Hall spread, one Knuth semifield spread and the remaining spreads derived Knuth semifield spreads.