Lattices generated by orbits of subspaces under finite singular orthogonal groups. I (Q609356)

Let \(\mathbb F_q^{(2\nu+\delta+l)}\) be the \((2\nu+\delta+l)\)-dimensional vector space over the finite field \(\mathbb F_q\), \(O_{2\nu+\delta+l,\Delta}\) be the singular orthogonal groups of degree \(2\nu+\delta+l\) over \(\mathbb F_q\), where \(q\) is the power of an odd prime. Let \(\mathcal M\) be any orbit of subspaces under \(O_{2\nu+\delta+l,\Delta}\), \(\mathcal L\) be the set of subspaces which are intersections of subspaces in \(\mathcal M\) and the intersection of the empty set of subspaces of \(\mathbb F_q^{(2\nu+\delta+l)}\) is assumed to be \(\mathbb F_q^{(2\nu+\delta+l)}\). Then by ordering \(\mathcal L\) by ordinary or reverse inclusion, two lattices are obtained. This paper studies the inclusion relations between different lattices, a characterization of subspaces contained in a given lattice \(\mathcal L\), and the characteristic polynomial of \(\mathcal L\).