On symplectic semifield spreads of \(\mathrm{PG}(5,q^2)\), \(q\) even (Q2408105)

A planar spread of \(\mathrm{PG}(2n-1,q)\) is a partition of the point set in \((n-1)\) dimensional subspaces. The spread is said to be Desarguesian if the associated translation plane is isomorphic to \(\mathrm{AG}(2,q^n)\) and is said to be a semifield spread if the associated translation plane is coordinatized by a semifield. The spread is said to be symplectic if the elements of the spread are totally isotropic with respect to a symplectic polarity of \(\mathrm{PG}(2n-1,q)\). The authors prove that the only \(F_q\) linear set of rank 6 disjoint from the secant variety of the Veronese surface of \(\mathrm{PG}(5,q^2)\) is a plane with three points of the Veronese surface of \(\mathrm{PG}(5,q^6) \setminus \mathrm{PG}(5,q^2).\) This shows that the only symplectic semifield spreads of \(\mathrm{PG}(5,q^2)\), where \(q \) is even and \(q \geq 2^{14}\), whose associated semifield has center containing the finite field of order \(q\) is the Desarguesian spread.