A Hölz-design in the generalized hexagon \(H(q)\) (Q2471469)

Let \(H(q)\) be the split Cayley hexagon. Represent \(H(q)\) as a subgeometry of a parabolic quadric \(Q(6,q)\) of \(\text{PG}(6,q)\) whose points are the points of \(Q(6,q)\) and whose line are a distinguished set of lines of \(Q(6,q).\) If \(x,y\) are two opposite points and \(L,M\) are two opposite lines at distance \(3\) from both \(x,y,\) then all points at distance 3 from both \(L,M\) are at distance \(3\) from all lines at distance \(3\) from both \(x,y.\) Hence we obtain a set \({\mathcal R}(x,y)\) of \(q+1\) points every member of which is at distance \(3\) from any member of a set \({\mathcal R}(L,M)\) of \(q+1\) lines. The authors call \({\mathcal R}(x,y)\) a point regulus, and \({\mathcal R}(L,M)\) a line regulus. Let \({\mathcal H}_1\) and \({\mathcal H}_2\) be two models of \(H(q)\) whose points are the points of \(Q(6,q).\) Define an incidence structure \(D\) with point set \(\mathcal P\) and block set \(\mathcal L.\) The points are the common lines of \({\mathcal H}_1\) and \({\mathcal H}_2.\) The blocks are the line reguli entirely contained in \(\mathcal P,\) together with the non-empty sets of elements of \(\mathcal P\) that are incident with a common point regulus of \({\mathcal H}_1\) and \({\mathcal H}_2.\) The authors prove that, for each \({\mathcal H}_1,\) there is a suitable \({\mathcal H}_2\) such that D is a \(2-(q^3+,q+1, \frac{q+1}{(q+1,3)} +1)\) design, which is isomorphic the Hölz design constructed by \textit{G. Hölz} [Arch. Math. 37, 179--183 (1981; Zbl 0451.05015)] (for \(q \not \equiv 2\pmod 3\)), or subdesign of the Hölz design (for \(q \equiv 2\pmod 3\)).