The exterior splash in PG(6, q): transversals

DOI10.2140/IIG.2019.17.1MaRDI QIDQ1623008zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors S. G. Barwick, Wen-Ai Jackson

Publication date 22 November 2018

Published in Innovations in Incidence Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.6794

zbMATH Keywords

Bruck-Bose representationexterior splashlinear setssubplanes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces (51E20)

Abstract: Let $pi$ be an order-$q$-subplane of $PG(2,q^3)$ that is exterior to $el{l}_{i}nfty$. Then the exterior splash of $pi$ is the set of $q^2+q+1$ points on $el{l}_{i}nfty$ that lie on an extended line of $pi$. Exterior splashes are projectively equivalent to scattered linear sets of rank 3, covers of the circle geometry $CG(3,q)$, and hyper-reguli in $PG(5,q)$. In this article we use the Bruck-Bose representation in $PG(6,q)$ to investigate the structure of $pi$, and the interaction between $pi$ and its exterior splash. In $PG(6,q)$, an exterior splash $mathbbS$ has two sets of cover planes (which are hyper-reguli) and we show that each set has three unique transversals lines in the cubic extension $PG(6,q^3)$. These transversal lines are used to characterise the carriers of $mathbbS$, and to characterise the sublines of $mathbbS$.

Review text

Let \(\pi\) be a subplane of \(\mathrm{PG}(2,q^3)\) of order \(q\) that is exterior to the line at infinity. The exterior splash of this plane is the set of \(q^2+q+1\) points on the line at infinity that lie on an extended line of \(\pi\). The set of points in an exterior splash occur in different settings, specifically scattered \(F_q\) linear sets of rank 3, covers of the circle geometry \(\mathrm{CG}(3,q)\), hyper-reguli in \(\mathrm{PG}(5,q)\) and Sherk surfaces of size \(q^2+q+1\). The authors use the Bruck-Bose representation in \(\mathrm{PG}(6,q)\) to study the structure of \(\pi\), showing that the point set of \(\mathrm{PG}(6,q)\) corresponding to \(\pi\) is the intersection of nine quadrics, and that there is a unique tangent plane at each point. In \(\mathrm{PG}(6,q)\), they show that each of the 2 sets of cover planes has three unique transversal lines in the cubic extension of \(\mathrm{PG}(6,q)\). These transversal lines are used to characterize the order \(q\) sublines of an exterior splash in terms of how the corresponding 2-reguli meet the cover planes.

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