In \(\mathrm{AG}(3,q)\) any \(q^2\)-set of class \([0,m,n]_2\) containing a line is a cylinder (Q2410127)

The authors consider a set \(S\) of \(q^2\) points in the affine space \(\mathrm{AG}(3,q)\), which is of class \([0,m,n]_2\), i.e. any plane of \(\mathrm{AG}(3,q)\) contains precisely 0, \(m\), or \(n\) points of \(S\), and the number of \(0\)-, \(m\)-, and \(n\)-planes is non-zero. In the nice paper under review, the authors prove that if such a set contains a line, then it must be the set of points of a cylinder, i.e. the set of points of \(q\) parallel lines.